except for

Idioms  

1. 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]

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Example Sentences

Sunday through noon on Monday, except for essential or emergency trips.

From Barron's

Except for some portraits, all of the pictures in the show are untitled; is that because Meatyard didn’t want to give us clues to his intentions?

From The Wall Street Journal

It’s a more straightforward presentation that keeps audience members in their seats, except for a moment when uprising is in the air and a few theatergoers are conscripted to join the ecstatic rebellion.

From Los Angeles Times

The net expense ratios are the same as the full expense ratios in the funds’ prospectuses, except for two of them.

From MarketWatch

As the cameras snapped all raised their arms, hand-in-hand -- except for Altman and Amodei, who broke the chain.

From Barron's