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The phrase "welcome exception" is correct and can be used in written English.
It is typically used to refer to something that goes against the usual pattern or expectation but is seen as positive or desirable. Example: Despite the rainy weather, the picnic was a success, with the delicious food and great company being a welcome exception to the gloomy day.
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A welcome exception was Bistro Zuzu.
The Marais is the welcome exception.
The welcome exception is SEASIDE JOHNNIES.
But that was a rare if welcome exception.
This MSF-report and online debate seem a welcome exception to a rule of closedness.
The bum-jumping Congo goalkeeper, Muteba Kidiaba, is a welcome exception.
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There are a few welcome exceptions.
There are some welcome exceptions to that rule.
There are, of course, welcome exceptions (take a bow, Dora the Explorer).
For further adventures in contemporary Chinese ink painting, visit M. Sutherland, where works by Zhu Daoping (born 1949) and Hai Tao (born 1959) are welcome exceptions to the garish contemporary work that dominates the show's upper level.
With one or two welcome exceptions -- including a bank robbery near the end that almost redeems the book all by itself -- the events within are entirely inside the feckless accountant's mind.
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