Vocabulary
Exception
English and Urdu gloss, synonyms and antonyms, and example usage from our editorial sentence cache where available.
English meaning
a person or thing that is excluded from a general statement or does not follow a rule.
Urdu meaning
رعایت، مستثنیٰ
Example sentences (from Dawn)
Sentences are selected from stored editorial text where your search word appears. If none appear yet, run the admin sentence generator for fuller coverage.
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With the commendable exception of Spain, Europe is littered with regimes that are wary of Trump yet barely bothered by the genocide in Palestine, and determined to do all they can to shut down criticism of the perpetrator.
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Hungary for change
— 2026-04-15
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The Arab street has been quiet so far (with an exception or two) but this might not be the case for long.
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It`s far from over
— 2026-04-14
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AI does not.Across the world, governments are moving from experimenting with AI to embedding it in the architecture of governance.Pakistan is no exception, and rightly so.
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Automated inequality
— 2026-03-08
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Everyone, and India is no exception, wants what they do not have and, in this case, the buddy relationship that it truly cares about appears to be the one with the US.
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Photo-op moment
— 2026-02-21
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His in-laws are no exception.Very early on, the drama presents the choice that must be made.
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When divorce is best
— 2026-02-14
Synonyms
anomaly, irregularity, deviation, special case, departure, inconsistency, quirk, peculiarity.
Antonyms
case, example, exemplification, illustration
Curator example
“he always plays top tunes, and tonight was no exception”
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Urdu equivalents where we have them, word relations, and—when generated—real lines from the editorial archive
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