possible exception
collocation in Englishmeaningsofpossibleandexception
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possible
adjective
uk/ˈpɒs.ə.bəl/us/ˈpɑː.sə.bəl/
able to be done or achieved, or able ...
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exception
noun[C or U]
uk/ɪkˈsep.ʃən/us/ɪkˈsep.ʃən/
someone or something that is not included in a rule, group, or list or that does not behave in the ...
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(Definition ofpossibleandexceptionfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
Examplesofpossible exception
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Onepossibleexceptionis the evolution of adaptability.
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Apossibleexceptionto this has been the development of rabies in the raccoon dog.
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With thepossibleexceptionof exemption on religious grounds, opting-out would not be possible.
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The onepossibleexceptionhere might be if teams were racially segregated.
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With thepossibleexceptionof its most famous cloverleafs, the freeway system is difficult to remember.
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Onepossibleexception, deserving of greater scrutiny, is the postal service.
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These characteristics (with thepossibleexceptionof normative appeal) can be considered institutional rules intended for application in subsequent processes.
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This, however, is the only difference (with thepossibleexceptionof moral differences) between that world and this.
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With thepossibleexceptionof the vote, political participation almost always entails some form of social interaction.
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I overlooked thatpossibleexception.
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There is onepossibleexception.
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I referred to apossibleexception.
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Are we nearer to apossibleexception?
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The onepossibleexceptionis sulphur.
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Thepossibleexceptionis hydrogen, which is being examined further.
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I mentioned that, perhaps, there was onepossibleexception.
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They make actions to remove discriminatory specifications apossibleexception.
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I mentioned thepossibleexceptionfor quasi-judicial functions.
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It is therefore difficult to see how an interaction between cycle phase and treatment could occur, with thepossibleexceptionof the midcycle phase.
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The authors cover a lot of ground and there are few notable omissions, with thepossibleexceptionof planetary remote sensing.
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Most prominently, the existentialists held a philosophy of engagement, well adapted to their troubled times but disjointed from mainstream scientific pursuits, with thepossibleexceptionof psychoanalysis.
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With thepossibleexceptionof one case, all the grandparents thought that their adult daughters had been right to leave or give up on their marriages.
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