Examples of 'exception' in a sentence

Meaning of "exception"

Exception: A case or situation in which a rule, principle, or condition does not apply, differs, or deviates. It can also refer to a person or thing that does not follow a rule or standard
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  • The act of excepting or excluding; exclusion; restriction by taking out something which would otherwise be included, as in a class, statement, rule.
  • That which is excluded from others; a person, thing, or case, specified as distinct, or not included.
  • An objection, on legal grounds; also, as in conveyancing, a clause by which the grantor excepts or reserves something before the right is transferred.
  • An objection; cavil; dissent; disapprobation; offense; cause of offense; — usually followed by to or against.

How to use "exception" in a sentence

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There is no exception clause to this last prohibition.
Neither provision contains any exception clauses.
One clear exception is mounding on linear features.
Your girlfriend will not be the exception.
Affirmative action is no exception to the principle of nondiscrimination.
Exception for coatings in contact with food.
This issue is no exception from that ambition.
An exception is provided upon dissolution of the marriage.
And our story is no exception to this rule.
No exception is made for acts during war.
If the church takes exception to a single point.
No exception is made on the basis of bargaining power.
It is more the exception than the rule.
The exception was in relation to positions for investigators.
My case was not an exception to the funerary rule.

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An exception to this rule is made for costs.
With the possible exception of this evening.
The exception that proves the rule.
This is enforced as an exception rather than as a rule.
This exception did not apply to this occurrence.
Everybody dies sooner or later without exception.
Making an exception to your minor rule before.
The supply managed sector is a notable exception.
There is no exception as to the minimum age of marriage.
I am just asking if you can make an exception.
I was the exception that proves the rule.
But there has been one notable exception.
With the exception of finding a decent barber.
The prohibition on terminating employment has an exception.
This is an exception and not the rule.
Introduction in belgian law of a new copyright exception.
Yet there is an exception to the general rule.
I think in this case we can make an exception.
The one exception to the marriage vow.
Open every parcel and make no exception.
We make exception for you one time.
I can petition the commissioner to make an exception.
The details of this exception are specified by law.
The exception to this rule is the playoffs.
I will make an exception for your leg.
I bet the league will make an exception.
With the exception of the retard thing.
The right of termination of group contracts is an exception.
Detention is an exception to the fundamental right to liberty.
The sphere of social protection of children is no exception.
The only exception in an emergency is the spouse.
We will make a special exception in your case.
This most tragic of revolutions can be no exception.
One small exception hardly worth mentioning.
The possibility to program exception days on date.

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