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except for
Also, with the exception of. Other than, were it not for. For example, Except for Jack, everyone came to the party, or With the exception of the weather, everything went extremely well. [c. 1600]
Example Sentences
He alleges that a trio of prison officials plotted to have the singer killed by a terminally ill member of the Aryan Brotherhood who — except for a brief stint when he escaped from prison — has been in federal custody since 1982.
Syria's Islamist-led interim government has decreed that women must wear burkinis - a swimsuit that covers the body except for the face, hands and feet - or other "decent" clothes at public beaches and swimming pools.
He said they were mostly peaceful, except for the “idiots” who covered their faces and incited violence as the sun went down.
The lawsuits filed Wednesday, which are virtually identical except for details pertaining to the different defendants, allege that the problem of underinsurance is “pervasive” and stems from “cost estimator software many insurers use to recommend coverage limits to insureds,” as well as “poor design choices, perverse profit and commission incentives, volume business, and other shortcomings.”
Except for the times he used his platform to say what few of his peers would about comedy’s role in enabling fascism or the overturning of Roe v.
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