1
as in objection
a feeling or declaration of disapproval or dissent
I take strong exception to your assessment of his singing ability
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2
as in anomaly
something that is different from what is ordinary or expected
her tardiness today is an exception; usually she's on time
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Recent Examples of exception
Police records are available for public inspection in Idaho, with exceptions, such as when police are still actively investigating a crime and releasing their records could imperil the case.
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Audrey Dutton, ProPublica, 5 Mar. 2025
The official acknowledged that DOGE is canceling leases at other government agencies, but said NOAA is an exception.
Between the lines: Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) has been working through the General Services Administration to cancel government leases of office space.
—Andrew Freedman, Axios, 4 Mar. 2025
One exception is an agreement to complete services within one year.
—Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 4 Mar. 2025
The exception is the SanDisk Desk Drive, which is a tabletop SSD that requires its own power source.
—PCMAG, 23 Feb. 2025
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Audrey Dutton, ProPublica, 5 Mar. 2025
The official acknowledged that DOGE is canceling leases at other government agencies, but said NOAA is an exception.
Between the lines: Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) has been working through the General Services Administration to cancel government leases of office space.
—Andrew Freedman, Axios, 4 Mar. 2025
One exception is an agreement to complete services within one year.
—Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 4 Mar. 2025
The exception is the SanDisk Desk Drive, which is a tabletop SSD that requires its own power source.
—PCMAG, 23 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for exception
Noun
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Multiple speakers were also allowed to accuse Israel of carrying out a genocide, also with no objection from Lauber.—
Rachel Wolf,
Fox News,
27 Feb. 2025
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His nomination to become the nation’s 26th Health and Human Services Secretary was met with considerable objection from the medical community.—
Brian Niemietz,
New York Daily News,
27 Feb. 2025
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The worry was that, in 2025, with a new regime in the White House and a sympathetic Congress, the struggles of the previous year could be not an anomaly but a template for the time ahead.—
Nathan Heller,
The New Yorker,
3 Mar. 2025
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When the man arrived at the Ysleta port of entry, officers completed a Low Energy Portal scan and noticed anomalies in the way the vehicle looked.—
Saleen Martin,
USA TODAY,
24 Feb. 2025
Noun
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Carpenter said complaints could have already fallen off the calendar because of the delay in hiring a director.—
Destiny Torres,
Orange County Register,
7 Mar. 2025
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One of the brothers was covered in blood and said his mom and dad beat him and his dad knocked his teeth out, the complaint said.—
Jennifer Rodriguez,
Kansas City Star,
6 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Banks herself rose through the ranks in the early 1990s, when Black high-fashion models on the runway and in magazines were still a rarity.—
Essence,
Essence,
25 Feb. 2025
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In 1910, a high school diploma was a rarity in the United States, the province of elites destined to be ministers, doctors, or lawyers.—
Matthew J. Slaughter,
Foreign Affairs,
25 Feb. 2025
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Lalami’s writing has often revolved around questions of migration, belonging, and the thin membrane that separates citizen from outsider; The Dream Hotel mines similar themes.—
Sam Worley,
Vulture,
4 Mar. 2025
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If the answer to that question is no, then babysitting cannot be allowed.—
Jeanne Phillips,
The Mercury News,
4 Mar. 2025
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Davis spent her days analyzing code for state and local municipalities, identifying risks or abnormalities across the nation's aging critical infrastructure.—
Nicole Sganga,
CBS News,
7 Mar. 2025
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The inspection of the Accord also allegedly revealed no abnormalities or mechanical defects that would have been the cause or a contributing factor in the collision, the warrant affidavit said.—
Staff report,
Hartford Courant,
1 Mar. 2025
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“Exception.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/exception. Accessed 12 Mar. 2025.
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