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It also considered exempting megacap companies from financial viability criteria requiring them to be profitable before being included in S&P indexes.

From Barron's • Jun. 4, 2026

Funders, by contrast, dress up their investments as prepaid forwards and claim capital gains treatment, lowering their top federal tax rate to 23.8% while exempting foreign funders from U.S. taxes entirely.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 5, 2026

At the time, Snyder wrote she was “constrained” to block the mask ban because of a last-minute carve-out exempting state police, finding it discriminated against the federal government.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 22, 2026

It would apply to an estimated 13,000 nonprimary residences — condos, co-ops and townhouses — while exempting primary homes, full-time rentals and properties outside the city.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 18, 2026

There’s practically nothing even in the room; it’s mostly open space, exempting the shelves.

From "The Cruel Prince" by Holly Black