How to Use exceptionalism in a Sentence

exceptionalism

noun
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  • That will likely mean putting to bed once and for all the idea of tech exceptionalism.
    — Tristan Bove, Fortune, 18 Mar. 2023
  • Thus, the Jews stand in the way of the Left’s rage against transcendent truth, against the achievements of the West, against the claims of American exceptionalism.
    — Joseph Loconte, National Review, 30 May 2021
  • But in the end the most important thing is someone with a message that, in the end, goes to the root of American exceptionalism.
    — How To Save A Country, The New Republic, 15 June 2023
  • He has been raised by parents and a school system steeped in the myths of American exceptionalism.
    — Amir-Hussein Radjy, The New Republic, 6 Jan. 2021
  • This is, sadly, the other side to the belief in our own exceptionalism: a seductive myth that can be curdled and spoiled.
    — Rich Logis, The New Republic, 4 Nov. 2022
  • Despite a bruising year for U.S. stocks, few investors are ready to call an end to the long run of American exceptionalism.
    — Eric Wallerstein, WSJ, 21 Nov. 2022
  • But there’s one area where American exceptionalism has stayed on full display for more than a decade: the stock market.
    — Russ Wiles, The Arizona Republic, 23 July 2023
  • But suffice to say, their recent run of exceptionalism may be over.
    — Gabe Lacques, USA Today, 19 Apr. 2021
  • The Jews, like no one else, delivered these truths to the world: an example of Jewish exceptionalism.
    — Joseph Loconte, National Review, 30 May 2021
  • Mila, a Namibian, has the most crooked husband — and the hottest takes on American exceptionalism.
    — Seija Rankin, EW.com, 8 July 2021
  • As long as the United States preens at its own exceptionalism, Borat will be there to reveal our inner Kazakhstan.
    — Michael Schulman, The New Yorker, 4 Dec. 2020
  • Others said the idea of American exceptionalism shouldn’t be mentioned at all in lessons.
    — Bradford Betz, Fox News, 10 Sep. 2021
  • And since the birth of the modern internet in the mid-1990s, tech exceptionalism has made Silicon Valley the economy’s city on a hill — a place where the normal rules didn’t apply.
    — Tristan Bove, Fortune, 18 Mar. 2023
  • War, used as language, can amount to a similar kind of exceptionalism.
    — Megan Garber, The Atlantic, 16 Sep. 2020
  • Its sense of raison d'etre as a bulwark against dark eastern hordes, its sense of missionary exceptionalism as the guardian against dangerous forces like the Nazis and the West – never went away.
    — Melik Kaylan, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2023
  • With his death, Los Angeles must turn to a new generation of philanthropists and address the myths that made claim for the city’s exceptionalism.
    — Thomas Curwen, Los Angeles Times, 2 May 2021
  • Excellent health care, free to all at the point of service, is one reason Ticos—as Costa Ricans are known—and their neighbours talk of the country’s exceptionalism.
    — The Economist, 17 Apr. 2021
  • The California exceptionalism that so often runs through this sort of speech was still there, but tempered.
    — Julia Wick, Los Angeles Times, 10 Mar. 2021
  • Part of the modern leadership myth is this sense of CEO exceptionalism – that the ultimate success or failure of the enterprise falls to the leader.
    — Forbes Partner Releases, Forbes, 29 June 2021
  • Both used the pair of songs to express their own duality, Rosé’s set full of vocal exceptionalism and Lisa’s full of her dynamic dancing and raps.
    — Tamar Herman, Variety, 15 Nov. 2022
  • Could there be a more apt metaphor for American exceptionalism?
    — Judy Berman, Time, 13 May 2021
  • But baked into the series is a hefty dose of American exceptionalism.
    — Outside Online, 16 July 2022
  • To Keith, the nation’s greatness — American exceptionalism is a theme of the song — may be a hallmark of the past, especially for nations who might have relied on the country to lead the way.
    — Joseph Hudak, Rolling Stone, 2 July 2021
  • In asking the country to rally to the NHS’s defense, Johnson was triggering its sense of self, its sense of pride and national unity—its sense of exceptionalism.
    — Tom McTague, The Atlantic, 12 Aug. 2020
  • Thushka Maharaj, its exceptionalism is set to fade as other nations catch-up on vaccine roll-outs and economic re-openings in the second half of the year.
    — Ruth Carson, Fortune, 26 Apr. 2021
  • But gymnastics leaders seem intent on stifling Biles’ exceptionalism because no one else in the sport can match her.
    — Nancy Armour, USA TODAY, 24 Aug. 2023
  • His words read like a prebuttal to the postwar brand of American exceptionalism.
    — New York Times, 1 Dec. 2021
  • Several are the upshot of Aikens’ sense of exceptionalism.
    — Lisa Kennedy, Variety, 14 July 2022
  • Sandler: President Trump spoke time and time again about the allure of the American dream and talked about American exceptionalism.
    — Dave Boucher, Detroit Free Press, 28 Aug. 2020
  • It’s a shimmering beacon of exceptionalism and hope—for those who can afford entry.
    — John Semley, The New Republic, 28 Nov. 2022

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