I. conjunction
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
present company excepted
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All men are selfish pigs - present company excepted.
sb/sth excepted
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Fred's not interested in anything, politics excepted .
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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a computer that can do everything except talk
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Celia looks just like her sister, except that her sister has shorter hair.
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It's similar to Paris, except the people look a lot poorer.
II. verb
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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But substitute Nick Barmby's late shot against the bar excepted, few could think of any.
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Churchill simply disliked working through committees, the Defence Committee excepted.
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The Act of 1868 does not except from that jurisdiction any cases but appeals from circuit courts under the Act of 1867.
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These processes, excepting that of population growth, are largely unexplored.