Usually means: Anomaly confirming the general pattern.
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  1. the exception that proves the rule: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  2. exception that proves the rule: Wiktionary
  3. Exception that proves the rule: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  4. exception that proves the rule: Stammtisch Beau Fleuve Acronyms
  5. Exception that proves the rule: World Wide Words

Definitions from Wiktionary (exception that proves the rule)

noun:  The rare occurrence of a counterexample to a rule, used to demonstrate that the rule exists.

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