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- verb Simple past tense and past participle of
exempt .
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Examples
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His "Levities" are by their title exempted from the severities of criticism, yet it may be remarked in a few words that his humour is sometimes gross, and seldom sprightly.
Johnson's Lives of the Poets — Volume 2 Samuel Johnson 1746
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His Levities are by their title exempted from the feverities of criticifin i yjct it may be
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Take the time and effort to educate yourself .... foreign entities were exempted from the last Supreme Court ruling.
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Apparently, STEPHENIE MEYER finds herself exempted from the lines of logic.
Archive 2009-03-01 2009
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The SMT were exempted from the system after a couple of months and then the whole thing was scrapped, supposedly due to IT glitches.
The Truth Behind The £100 Phonecalls « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG Inspector Gadget 2010
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"If you buy an auto, a TV or some other consumer durable you pay a substantial sales tax" but if you buy services exempted from the PST, you don't.
Archive 2009-11-01 2009
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But we need more stories about those things, because otherwise the First Girl is like Alanna: an exception, a fluke, a special person who gets exempted from the rules of her sex.
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Apparently, STEPHENIE MEYER finds herself exempted from the lines of logic.
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Inside his office an hour later, Boehner, taking long drags on his ever-present Camel cigarettes (he is exempted from the Capitol's smoking ban while in his office), explained that it was almost impossible to pull off the vote.
The rise, fall and rise of John Boehner Paul Kane 2010
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The Supreme Court interpreted this quite sensibly in Employment Division v. Smith to say that members of certain religions do not get exempted from the requirements of secular law if their religion mandates or strongly suggests they break thelaw.
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