glaring exception
Frequency: 4.52.8 per million words
A person or thing that is excluded from a general statement or rule in a very obvious way.
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- The rule applies to all employees, with one glaring exception: the CEO.
- The data fit the model well, but the outlier on day 12 was a glaring exception.
- Her spotless record had a glaring exception that the committee could not ignore.
- In an otherwise fair game, the referee's call in the 78th minute was a glaring exception.
- Our policy is consistent across regions; the new branch is a glaring exception.
- The textbook is accurate throughout; page 213 contains a glaring exception.
- He has followed his diet all month, and last night's dessert was the glaring exception.
- If there is a glaring exception to the trend, we should address it explicitly.
- By next quarter, we cannot allow any glaring exception to undermine the standard.
- Historically, the treaty protected most rights, with a glaring exception that affected minorities.