nonbinding
adjective
non·bind·ing
ˌnän-ˈbīn-diŋ 
: having no legal or binding force : not binding
a nonbinding agreement
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The change will mean shareholders can vote (on a nonbinding basis) on executive compensation packages annually.
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Alex Weprin, The Hollywood Reporter, 29 Mar. 2023
This feeling of self-reliance is so ingrained that in 1994, Catron’s county commissioners voted unanimously to pass a nonbinding resolution that stipulated every household should have a gun.
—Brandon Kapelow, Time, 13 Oct. 2022
Abbott issued his order on the heels of a nonbinding opinion from Attorney General Ken Paxton, who interpreted the state’s child abuse law to include certain types of gender-affirming medical treatments for minors.
—Dallas News, 13 Mar. 2022
Earlier, in the March GOP primary, 81% of voters agreed with a nonbinding proposition that no Democrats should be named, Rinaldi noted.
—Dallas News, 12 Jan. 2023
The executive committee of the Texas Republican Party unanimously passed a nonbinding vote of no-confidence in Ms. McDaniel, and the Arizona G.O.P. publicly called on her to resign.
—Ken Bensinger, New York Times, 28 Dec. 2022
But Western nations are lobbying other regions in an effort to achieve an overwhelming majority vote on a nonbinding statement to condemn and isolate Russia.
—William Mauldin, WSJ, 10 Oct. 2022
Peskov ruled out the payment of reparations to Ukraine, calling this an effort to rob Russia’s foreign currency and gold reserves, after a nonbinding U.N. General Assembly vote Monday calling on Russia to compensate Ukraine for war damage.
—David L. Stern, Washington Post, 15 Nov. 2022
Intel acknowledged the extraordinary compensation triggered hard questions from its investors – who denounced Gelsinger’s incentives in a nonbinding vote last spring.
—oregonlive, 14 Aug. 2022
Alex Weprin, The Hollywood Reporter, 29 Mar. 2023
This feeling of self-reliance is so ingrained that in 1994, Catron’s county commissioners voted unanimously to pass a nonbinding resolution that stipulated every household should have a gun.
—Brandon Kapelow, Time, 13 Oct. 2022
Abbott issued his order on the heels of a nonbinding opinion from Attorney General Ken Paxton, who interpreted the state’s child abuse law to include certain types of gender-affirming medical treatments for minors.
—Dallas News, 13 Mar. 2022
Earlier, in the March GOP primary, 81% of voters agreed with a nonbinding proposition that no Democrats should be named, Rinaldi noted.
—Dallas News, 12 Jan. 2023
The executive committee of the Texas Republican Party unanimously passed a nonbinding vote of no-confidence in Ms. McDaniel, and the Arizona G.O.P. publicly called on her to resign.
—Ken Bensinger, New York Times, 28 Dec. 2022
But Western nations are lobbying other regions in an effort to achieve an overwhelming majority vote on a nonbinding statement to condemn and isolate Russia.
—William Mauldin, WSJ, 10 Oct. 2022
Peskov ruled out the payment of reparations to Ukraine, calling this an effort to rob Russia’s foreign currency and gold reserves, after a nonbinding U.N. General Assembly vote Monday calling on Russia to compensate Ukraine for war damage.
—David L. Stern, Washington Post, 15 Nov. 2022
Intel acknowledged the extraordinary compensation triggered hard questions from its investors – who denounced Gelsinger’s incentives in a nonbinding vote last spring.
—oregonlive, 14 Aug. 2022
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