How to Use exempt in a Sentence
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But the company’s top brass isn’t exempt from the demands of IRL work.
— Paige McGlauflin, Fortune, 9 Jan. 2024 -
Such students have been exempt from the draft since the country's founding in 1948.
— John Bacon, USA TODAY, 3 Apr. 2024 -
Works-made-for-hire are exempt from being clawed back under the U.S.
— Winston Cho, The Hollywood Reporter, 27 Feb. 2024 -
Sales tax is still exempt if the final bill exceeds $2,500.
— Talia Lissauer, BostonGlobe.com, 11 Aug. 2023 -
The law says bakeries are exempt from being required to pay the higher wages.
— Taryn Luna, Los Angeles Times, 29 Feb. 2024 -
That means the videos are exempt from the disclosure requirements of the state public records law.
— Mike Cason | McAson@al.com, al, 22 June 2023 -
Second, customers who make it to the bathroom should be exempt.
— Li Goldstein, Bon Appétit, 13 Oct. 2023 -
Travelers under 14 will still need to register, but are exempt from the cost of the fee.
— Alison Fox, Travel + Leisure, 27 Nov. 2023 -
These usually make other parts of your body itchy, and the feet aren’t exempt from feeling it.
— Marty Munson, Men's Health, 22 June 2023 -
Keep in mind that pop-in shops for forgotten items can be exempt from this practice.
— Karla Walsh, CNN, 13 Mar. 2024 -
Matt Corral, whom the team claimed off waivers earlier this month, remains on the exempt/left squad list.
— Nicole Yang, BostonGlobe.com, 13 Sep. 2023 -
In one listing marked as exempt, the host asks for guests to avoid interacting with the building’s concierge.
— Amanda Hoover, WIRED, 9 Oct. 2023 -
In the fall, it was announced that Girl Scout Cookies were not exempt from inflation.
— Angel Saunders, Peoplemag, 29 Feb. 2024 -
Anyone born in the city is also exempt, as are minors under 14.
— Elisabetta Povoledo, New York Times, 4 Apr. 2024 -
Stack said to be exempt from the minimum wage law as a bakery, restaurants must produce bread for sale on site.
— Adam Beam, Fortune, 1 Mar. 2024 -
The government notes that some incandescent bulbs, such as anti-bug lights and those that go in ovens, are exempt from the rules.
— Aimee Picchi, CBS News, 13 Sep. 2023 -
In the fall, it was announced that Girl Scout Cookies were not exempt from grocery price inflation.
— Sabrina Weiss, Peoplemag, 9 Jan. 2024 -
Currently, any income above that amount is exempt from the payroll tax.
— Aimee Picchi, CBS News, 5 May 2023 -
Qualifying purchases will be exempt from sales and use tax in the state.
— Victoria Moorwood, The Enquirer, 28 July 2023 -
That means Madrid-Barajas Airport, which has formed much of the basis of much analysis, will likely be exempt from any bans.
— Ryan Hogg, Fortune Europe, 27 Feb. 2024 -
Community banks would be exempt, and the rule wouldn’t kick in until July 2028—the last year of the next presidential term.
— Philip Elliott, TIME, 18 Mar. 2024 -
While the impacts of climate events land most unevenly, no one is truly exempt.
— Ginny Whitelaw, Forbes, 1 Apr. 2023 -
Corral is no longer an active member of the Patriots but is not able to sign with another team while on the exempt/left squad list.
— Nicole Yang, BostonGlobe.com, 9 Sep. 2023 -
According to 9to5Google, accounts with YouTube videos attached to them will also be exempt from the deletions.
— Michael Kan, PCMAG, 16 May 2023 -
The items exempt from taxation, and the dates when holidays are in effect, can be quite arbitrary.
— Russ Wiles, The Arizona Republic, 7 Aug. 2023 -
First, units leased to voucher holders are exempt from the rent stabilization law.
— Steve Thompson, Washington Post, 8 Aug. 2023 -
The executives and employees who come along would be exempt from income tax for at least five years.
— Daphné Anglès, New York Times, 12 Dec. 2023 -
No one is exempt from the wild extremes created or worsened by climate change.
— Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 13 Jan. 2024 -
This only applies to employer plans so IRAs are not exempt.
— Medora Lee, USA TODAY, 13 Mar. 2024 -
Child performers are exempt from the 1938 law, which means there’s no federal oversight for putting child actors in adult environments, says Quiet on Set co-director Emma Schwartz.
— Kalia Richardson, Rolling Stone, 17 Apr. 2024
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The law also exempts people who inherit guns that are subject to the ban.
— Jim Brunner, Anchorage Daily News, 26 Apr. 2023 -
The latter is an attempt to exempt contracts between, say, parents and an adult child.
— Jessica Lussenhop, ProPublica, 1 Feb. 2024 -
There is no amount of rest that exempts you from that biological fact.
— Josh Gondelman, SELF, 21 Dec. 2023 -
This would exempt the grandparent from filing the gift tax return.
— Liz Weston, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Oct. 2023 -
In June, Texas became the latest state to exempt period products from sales tax according to the group.
— Dale Ellis, Arkansas Online, 11 Oct. 2023 -
Under the act, states can exempt themselves from daylight saving time.
— Aliza Chasan, CBS News, 9 Mar. 2024 -
Besides residences, the law exempts parks, sports fields and playgrounds from the ban, as that grass serves a recreational purpose.
— Elise Schmelzer, The Denver Post, 18 Mar. 2024 -
Once the time’s up, the device must shut down applications that aren’t exempted by parents.
— Time, 3 Aug. 2023 -
Tax revenue exempted at the current amount is about $3.3 million.
— Haeven Gibbons, Dallas News, 22 June 2023 -
Publicly run ambulances in Colorado were exempted from the law that paid 325% of Medicare.
— Bob Herman and Tara Bannow, STAT, 9 Nov. 2023 -
The bill exempts from public disclosure any records obtained from state police or the FBI during a background check and the state database on gun permits.
— oregonlive, 27 Mar. 2023 -
While the law is supposed to exempt academics and admissions, many are concerned it could be broadly applied — chilling free speech in the classroom.
— Acacia Coronado, BostonGlobe.com, 1 Aug. 2023 -
Malaysia exempted both Tesla and SpaceX from its decades-old rules on local ownership.
— Bynicholas Gordon, Fortune, 1 Sep. 2023 -
Migrants who show up to a port of entry with an appointment are exempted from the asylum restriction.
— Camilo Montoya-Galvez, CBS News, 1 June 2023 -
So yes, there's no question in my mind that the Supreme Court has exempted itself from the standards that apply to the executive and legislative branch, and even to other judges.
— Nbc Universal, NBC News, 23 Apr. 2023 -
Our laws and policies exempt VC investors from many of the rules and regulations that apply to other money managers.
— WIRED, 18 Mar. 2023 -
Some states already exempt homeless people or veterans from the work requirements, but the bill would allow more people to avoid them.
— Mary Clare Jalonick, Anchorage Daily News, 31 May 2023 -
End a carveout that exempted the company from state inspections on its theme parks rides.
— Ananya Bhattacharya, Quartz, 18 Apr. 2023 -
Daniels’ bill originally exempted all overtime pay from the state income tax, which carries a 5% rate.
— Mike Cason | McAson@al.com, al, 1 June 2023 -
Chief among them is raising the amount of income that is exempted from the calculation of a borrower’s monthly payment.
— Danielle Douglas-Gabriel, Anchorage Daily News, 16 Aug. 2023 -
Still another claimed that no Jewish soldiers were on the ship because they had all been exempted from overseas duty.
— Greg Daugherty, Smithsonian Magazine, 6 Mar. 2024 -
In Mexico, lawmakers decided to do away with clock changes after 2022 (though its law exempted some cities along the northern border that may still change to sync with the US).
— WIRED, 11 Mar. 2023 -
Frustrated, Scanlon tried for a third time and introduced the amendment to exempt infants under age 1 from not being able to seek asylum, but the motion failed.
— Anna Giaritelli, Washington Examiner, 20 Apr. 2023 -
Daniels – who serves as minority leader – sponsored a bill that would exempt overtime pay from state taxes.
— Scott Turner | , al, 14 June 2023 -
The rest of the fake electors are being investigated by a special grand jury, but a judge exempted Jones from being questioned by the district attorney in charge of the case.
— Margaret Coker, ProPublica, 4 Apr. 2023 -
Teaching a test with the prospect of exempting a student from college coursework is more likely to weaken, if not deaden, an interest in any subject.
— Aaron R. Hanlon, The New Republic, 6 Sep. 2023 -
Any effort to also exempt market-rate units from site plan review would require council approval.
— David Zahniser, Los Angeles Times, 11 Nov. 2023 -
And Charles won’t have to pay a shilling of inheritance tax, thanks to a 1993 agreement with the British government that exempts transfers of property from one sovereign to another.
— Giacomo Tognini, Forbes, 4 May 2023 -
In Southern California, where three more deaths were confirmed late Tuesday, the vast geography can exempt whole stretches from the worst of an extreme storm.
— Corina Knoll, New York Times, 6 Feb. 2024 -
Fort Worth on March 19 forbade voucher discrimination for one demographic exempted from the state ban — veterans.
— Jaime Moore-Carrillo, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 28 Mar. 2024
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