save for
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: not including (someone or something) : except for (someone or something)
The park was deserted save for a few joggers.
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But the second season was derailed when ABC executive Bob Iger made Lynch reveal in the premiere who had killed Palmer, a mystery the director had wanted to save for the end of the series.
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Victoria Edel, People.com, 16 Jan. 2025
Michelle Obama will not attend At Trump's first inauguration in 2017, all the living former U.S. presidents and their wives were in attendance, save for George H.W. Bush and his wife Barbara, who were both in their nineties and in poor health.
—Elizabeth Logan, Glamour, 14 Jan. 2025
That deal was approved before current council members took their seats, save for now-mayor Quinton Lucas.
—Chris Higgins, Kansas City Star, 11 Jan. 2025
There’s no time spent outside the hospital at all, save for when a staff member steps outside to take a phone call or smoke a cigarette.
—Ben Travers, IndieWire, 9 Jan. 2025
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Victoria Edel, People.com, 16 Jan. 2025
Michelle Obama will not attend At Trump's first inauguration in 2017, all the living former U.S. presidents and their wives were in attendance, save for George H.W. Bush and his wife Barbara, who were both in their nineties and in poor health.
—Elizabeth Logan, Glamour, 14 Jan. 2025
That deal was approved before current council members took their seats, save for now-mayor Quinton Lucas.
—Chris Higgins, Kansas City Star, 11 Jan. 2025
There’s no time spent outside the hospital at all, save for when a staff member steps outside to take a phone call or smoke a cigarette.
—Ben Travers, IndieWire, 9 Jan. 2025
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“Save for.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/save%20for. Accessed 22 Jan. 2025.
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