'cept
Americanpreposition
Example Sentences
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“Ah dunno, ’cept yuh never mentioned it befo’, ” Georgia replies.
From New York Times ● Mar. 7, 2023
"Nobody's gonna beat Liston 'cept old age," said Joe Louis.
From Time Magazine Archive
The cap’n was doing the ’zact same thing, ’cept that Ma hadn’t wanted no one to see her chests, whilst the cap’n didn’t want no one to see his rickets.
From "The Journey of Little Charlie" by Christopher Paul Curtis
I would’ve knowed who this was right off ’cept now that I’m seeing him up close, he ain’t nothing but a scrap of a person, not much taller than Ma.
From "The Journey of Little Charlie" by Christopher Paul Curtis
My shoes start sinking with each step and water’s coming up over the top of ’em and there’s no way to go ’cept thru the rushes.
From "The Knife of Never Letting Go" by Patrick Ness
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