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  • verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of except.

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Examples

  • The following are excepts from a Panda's Thumb post by Steve Reuland about an it's-all-junk article …

    Comparing Teleological Predictions with their Non-teleological Counterparts 2007

  • Locus Online posts interview excepts from the July issue: Peter Straub and Joe Hill.

    SF Tidbits for 7/25/06 2006

  • Locus Online posts interview excepts from the July issue: Peter Straub and Joe Hill.

    July 2006 2006

  • Seigel has also written about the secrets of the bonobo sisterhood; Stephanie Nolen covers how rape has been used as a military tactic in the Congo war; and Ms. is running excepts from a 24-year-old Iraqi woman’s blog, Baghdad Burning (which was recently adapted for the stage).

    From Ms. Mag: A State Treasure | PopPolitics.com 2005

  • Seigel has also written about the secrets of the bonobo sisterhood; Stephanie Nolen covers how rape has been used as a military tactic in the Congo war; and Ms. is running excepts from a 24-year-old Iraqi woman’s blog, [2] Baghdad Burning (which was recently [3] adapted for the stage).

    Print - From Ms. Mag: A State Treasure | PopPolitics.com 2005

  • Seigel has also written about the secrets of the bonobo sisterhood; Stephanie Nolen covers how rape has been used as a military tactic in the Congo war; and Ms. is running excepts from a 24-year-old Iraqi woman’s blog, Baghdad Burning (which was recently adapted for the stage).

    From Ms. Mag: A State Treasure | PopPolitics.com 2005

  • Even the Honorable Donald Fleming, the father of the Carter Commission who addressed you a few weeks ago in such extremely able fashion, gave a considered and restrained review of the Report rather liberally dotted with "excepts".

    A Look Into the Financial Crystal Ball 1967

  • If he guesses wrong, the lawyer "excepts" and the case may be reversed on appeal.

    Courts and Criminals Arthur Cheney Train 1910

  • One side says he wants nothing to do with Washington DC, well the other side excepts the money.

    Perry fires back in Texas GOP gov battle 2009

  • MOST bears will avoid human contact but there are always excepts to the rule!

    what do I do when I'm being chased by a bear? 2009

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