Sentence examples for the exception was from inspiring English sources

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The phrase "the exception was" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when indicating a specific case that does not follow a general rule or pattern.
Example: "All the students passed the exam; the exception was Sarah, who had to retake it."
Alternatives: "the anomaly was" or "the outlier was".

Dictionary

the exception was

noun

The act of excepting or excluding; exclusion; restriction by taking out something which would otherwise be included, as in a class, statement, rule.

synonyms

exclusion

elision

Exact(57)

The exception was Kosovo.

The New Yorker

The exception was his father.

The New Yorker

The exception was Tiger Woods.

The New York Times - Sports

The exception was the iPhone.

The New York Times - Tech

The exception was its Newsday newspaper operations.

The New York Times

The exception was whites under 30.

The New York Times

The exception was the tap on Joseph Kraft.

The New Yorker

The exception was discount stores, which generally saw sales increases.

The New York Times

The exception was the heavy favorite, Big Brown.

The New York Times

The exception was Tom Maynard, Division Two's leading scorer.

The Guardian - Sport

(The exception was Zulu, the black Mardi Gras krewe.

The New Yorker

More suggestions(16)

the case was

the objection was

the reservation was

the abnormality was

the absence was

the discrepancy was

the exclusion was

the departure was

the proviso was

the distinction was

the emergency was

the bis was

the exoneration was

the qualification was

the restriction was

the caveat was

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