How to Use exemption in a Sentence

exemption

noun
  • You can claim a tax exemption for each of your dependents.
  • They were granted exemptions from military service.
  • Oslo will now start to roll back some tax exemptions over the next two years.
    — Tom Chivers, semafor.com, 16 Oct. 2025
  • Oslo will now start to roll back some tax exemptions over the next two years.
    — Ben Smith, semafor.com, 17 Oct. 2025
  • Debate has raged for decades over whether the exemptions are fair.
    — Todd Richmond, Quartz, 14 Mar. 2024
  • Why not ask for exemption in arts districts.
    — Carter Weinhofer, Miami Herald, 28 Aug. 2025
  • In order to claim the full exemption, the stock must be held for more than five years.
    — Hayley Cuccinello, CNBC, 8 May 2026
  • The mask ban would be on the same track now, if not for the state police exemption.
    — Sonja Sharp, Los Angeles Times, 4 Mar. 2026
  • The law contains an exemption for chains that bake bread and sell it as a stand-alone item.
    — Fielding Buck, Orange County Register, 2 Mar. 2024
  • But so far, coffee hasn’t won any exemptions.
    — Preston Fore, Fortune, 25 Oct. 2025
  • Five votes are required for an exemption.
    — Tammy Webber, Fortune, 31 Mar. 2026
  • Below is a list of exemptions this week’s winner will take home.
    — Mike Fore, Forbes.com, 18 June 2026
  • There has been an exemption for daytime talk shows and late night talk shows tracking back decades.
    — Alex Weprin, HollywoodReporter, 29 Jan. 2026
  • At the time, the government had exemptions for sea freight, but not air freight.
    — Center Square, The Washington Examiner, 27 Dec. 2025
  • Trump, at least during his first term, wasn’t a fan of antitrust exemptions.
    — Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 10 Mar. 2026
  • There would be no overtime exemptions.
    — Hannah Keyser, CNN Money, 20 May 2026
  • When do the exemptions take effect?
    — Jeffrey Schweers, The Orlando Sentinel, 3 June 2026
  • The only exemption to the ban is if the woman’s life is in jeopardy.
    — Bob Christie, Anchorage Daily News, 24 Sep. 2022
  • An exemption is made for students, the mayor said.
    — Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 24 Apr. 2026
  • The only ways to avoid the fines are to get an exemption or buy health insurance.
    — Medora Lee, USA Today, 18 Mar. 2026
  • And, make no mistake, the tariff is a tax—and the exemption is a tax credit.
    — Andrew Leahey, Forbes.com, 14 Aug. 2025
  • Whether or not Novak’s able to gt the exemption before that is up in the air.
    — Adam Zagoria, Forbes, 21 Feb. 2023
  • But if the tariffs stay in place, cork may signal other exemptions to come.
    — Dee-Ann Durbin, Fortune, 5 Sep. 2025
  • This year’s session carved out two new enormous exemptions.
    — Martin Dyckman, The Orlando Sentinel, 22 Mar. 2026
  • Here is what small business owners need to know about the de minimis exemption.
    — Rhett Buttle, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2025
  • The district says protests or exemption forms mailed too close to a deadline could be treated as late.
    — Dante Motley, Austin American Statesman, 13 Mar. 2026
  • How this exemption for small farms plays out looks different in the country’s dairy states.
    — Melissa Sanchez, ProPublica, 13 Nov. 2023
  • There are also exemptions, there are carve outs, there are areas for which there is no tariffs.
    — CBS News, 22 Feb. 2026
  • In some cases, the exemption is near-complete.
    — Lien De Pau, Forbes.com, 26 May 2026
  • Tyus Jones, a backup point guard, works as a mid-level exemption.
    — Troy Renck, Denver Post, 28 May 2025

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