the exception that proves the rule
something that emphasizes the general truth of a statement by disagreeing with it:
Most company directors are middle-aged men, but this 28-year-old woman is an exception that proves the rule.
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Different and difference
- a breath of fresh air idiom
- a whole new ballgame idiom
- a world of difference idiom
- alternative
- another
- clash
- contrary
- differential
- distinction
- distinctive
- distorted
- diverge
- divergence
- divide
- otherwise
- permutation
- refreshing
- several
- step
- sundry
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