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WordBand 5.5–6.5Core (NGSL)

exception

/əkˈsɛpʃən/

An illustration for exception

noun

something not included in or different from a group of things

  • “Those regulations all apply to everyone without a single exception.”Tatoeba
  • “It's supposed to be the rule, but there are exceptions.”Tatoeba

Sentences from Tatoeba show real usage. A word can have several meanings, so a sentence may use another one.

Source: New General Service List (Browne, Culligan & Phillips) (CC BY-SA 4.0); Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0); Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR)

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