exempt
verb (used with object)
to free from an obligation or liability to which others are subject; release.
exempts
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present tense formof exempt (3rd person singular).present tense
Used to describe things happening now or regularly.
Example Sentences
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It will also amend a 2024 act so that it exempts all road refrigerant appliances used to transport goods from new leak requirements for HFCs.
From Barron's ● May 21, 2026
Nevertheless, the fact that a jury decided to award the plaintiffs is notable, not because of the price tag, but because of a law that usually exempts Big Tech from lawsuits like this.
From Salon ● Apr. 16, 2026
The companies have long argued that Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act, passed by Congress in 1996, exempts platforms from liability for what third parties post.
From BBC ● Jan. 26, 2026
Jurado said the current ordinance exempts 19% of rent-controlled buildings, but if the minimum threshold were set at five units instead of 12, it would exempt 36%.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 9, 2025
And so saying, he produced a lettre de cachet, 160 armed with which the exempts, who were waiting for him, speedily deposited M. de Sainte-Croix at the Bastille.
From John Leech, His Life and Work. Vol. 1 by William Powell Frith
