exempt
verb (used with object)
to free from an obligation or liability to which others are subject; release.
have exempted
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present perfectof exempt.present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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And while the payments were funded with federal COVID-19 relief dollars, they were not explicitly aimed at helping people affected by the pandemic — a designation that would have exempted them from federal taxation.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 10, 2023
Check the record: After industry protests, several jurisdictions have exempted restaurants and other commercial kitchens from their regulations banning gas hookups, including New York City, Los Angeles and Ventura County, Calif.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 8, 2023
Hundreds of unions members, students and teachers marched in Quito on Wednesday to protest the law, which also would have exempted basic materials from taxes and investors from tariffs.
From Reuters ● Mar. 25, 2022
It also would have exempted packaging for a range of pharmaceutical products and hazardous substances, including paint thinners, antifreeze and household cleaning products.
From New York Times ● Jul. 21, 2021
But the felicity which always marked his life, seems to have exempted him, by a seasonable death, from the calamities that followed.
From Cicero's Brutus or History of Famous Orators; also His Orator, or Accomplished Speaker. by E. Jones
