'cept
Americanpreposition
Example Sentences
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“Ah dunno, ’cept yuh never mentioned it befo’, ” Georgia replies.
From New York Times • Mar. 7, 2023
"Nobody's gonna beat Liston 'cept old age," said Joe Louis.
From Time Magazine Archive
Everyone stopped where they were at and commenced heading back to their desks, all ’cept for Johnny Wells, who screamed like a haint had got ahold of him and jumped right out the window!
From "Elijah of Buxton" by Christopher Paul Curtis
Even I don't see the real Jason Taylor much these days, 'cept for when we're writing a poem, or occasionally in a mirror, or just before sleep.
From "Black Swan Green" by David Mitchell
My shoes start sinking with each step and water’s coming up over the top of ’em and there’s no way to go ’cept thru the rushes.
From "The Knife of Never Letting Go" by Patrick Ness
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