'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
“Littlest one, he’s nothin’ but a trashy dog—he’ll run down most anything ’cept what I’m after.
From "Shiloh" by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
“This mama don’t go on no trips ’cept this one right here.
From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy
A minute later Wilcox called, “A-one, a-two, a-one, two, three, four" and everyone 'cept us lepers began singing to the tune of “John Brown's body lies a-moldering in the grave":
From "Black Swan Green" by David Mitchell
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