Except and Oppose

Except

Except verb - To present an opposing opinion or argument.

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Oppose and except are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Oppose" instead a verb "Except".

Oppose verb - To refuse to give in to.

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Except and oppose are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Except" instead a verb "Oppose".

Nearby Words: opposition, opposing

power	except power	oppose power
anyone	except anyone	oppose anyone

No Transhumanism Allowed: Nearly all religious ideologies (except of course the Machine Cult) oppose "Desecration of the Holy Human Form," which means cloning and cybernetics.

Source: Video Game / Crisis of the Confederation
Except in the Overpopulation episode, whichever opinion Wheeler chose, the others would oppose it... even if it was the opinion THEY were behind earlier in the episode.

Source: Strawman Ball
Mowgli himself, however, comes to feel this way about the villagers who take him in and then drive him out again, except for Messua, the woman who adopted him and the only one to oppose his expulsion.

Source: Literature / The Jungle Book

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