'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
Granny didn’t talk to me ’cept to holler.
From "Girls Like Us" by Gail Giles
“Yore pa wrote Tom and me about it. Tom tried to pretend he didn’t keer, but I know he did. He cried oncet—I wouldn’t tell that ’cept now it’s no matter.”
From "Across Five Aprils" by Irene Hunt
“And I ain’t getting a bath ’cept once a month from now on.”
From "Fourth Grade Rats" by Jerry Spinelli
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