Except for
Except for preposition - Not including.
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Short of and except for are semantically related In some cases you can use "Short of" instead the phrase "Except for" as an adjective or a preposition.
Short of
Except for and short of are semantically related in apart from topic. You can use "Except for" instead the phrase "Short of" as an adjective or a preposition.
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- Then they heal perfectly from any wounds short of death, but before then, they can scar or lose body parts permanently, except for succubae, who trade on their physically flawless looks.
Source: Immortality Begins at 20 -
It was very short of RAM and lacked any storage whatsoever, except for a tiny 128K Flash chip mainly used for system settings.
Source: Useful Notes / Pippin -
We Buy Anything: Played with; vendors will only buy things related to their stock (smithy shops only buy armor and weapons, for example), except for the junk vendors, who will buy anything short of destroyed items.
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Short of and Except for. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 22, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/except_for/short_of
Except for & Short of. N.p., 2016. Web. 22 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/except_for/short_of>.
Short of or Except for. 2016. Accessed July 22, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/except_for/short_of.
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