The word(s) "except" appears 184 time(s) in 178 verse(s) in Quran in Muhammad Habib Shakir translation.

(161) Let him who has abundance spend out of his abundance and whoever has his means of subsistence straitened to him, let him spend out of that which Allah has given him; Allah does not lay on any soul a burden except to the extent to which He has granted it; Allah brings about ease after difficulty.

(162) Nor any food except refuse,

(163) except those who pray,

(164) except in the case of their wives or those whom their right hands possess-- for these surely are not to be blamed,

(165) except to him whom He chooses as an apostle; for surely He makes a guard to march before him and after him,

(166) Rise to pray in the night except a little,

(167) except the people of the right hand,

(168) And you do not please except that Allah please, surely Allah is Knowing, Wise;

(169) The day on which the spirit and the angels shall stand in ranks; they shall not speak except he whom the Beneficent Allah permits and who speaks the right thing.

(170) And you do not please except that Allah please, the Lord of the worlds.