except for
preposition
1
: with the exception of
Everyone was gone except for me.
2
: were it not for
except for you I would be dead
Synonyms of except for
Examples of except for in a Sentence
except for newscasts, I hardly watch any television at all
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Under bright skies, highs will climb into the mid and upper 50s for most locations, except for the south facing shores of Long Island and Connecticut, where highs will only be in the 40s.
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Matthew Villafane, CBS News, 29 Mar. 2026
Zero tickets matched all five numbers except for the Powerball worth $1 million.
—Chris Sims, IndyStar, 29 Mar. 2026
For the first five innings, no one on the Dodgers did much on offense, except for Freeman.
—Maddie Lee, Los Angeles Times, 29 Mar. 2026
House Republicans woke up to find that their Senate counterparts had, in the dead of night, unanimously passed a bill to fund the Department of Homeland Security except for immigration enforcement.
—Zachary Schermele, USA Today, 28 Mar. 2026
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Matthew Villafane, CBS News, 29 Mar. 2026
Zero tickets matched all five numbers except for the Powerball worth $1 million.
—Chris Sims, IndyStar, 29 Mar. 2026
For the first five innings, no one on the Dodgers did much on offense, except for Freeman.
—Maddie Lee, Los Angeles Times, 29 Mar. 2026
House Republicans woke up to find that their Senate counterparts had, in the dead of night, unanimously passed a bill to fund the Department of Homeland Security except for immigration enforcement.
—Zachary Schermele, USA Today, 28 Mar. 2026
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“Except for.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/except%20for. Accessed 5 Apr. 2026.
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