How to Use nongovernmental in a Sentence

nongovernmental

adjective

• It's not known whether a spouse who is a police officer would be considered nongovernmental.
  — Rick Montgomery, kansascity, 13 June 2018
• Some human rights groups and nongovernmental organizations put the death toll at twice that amount.
  — Spencer Feingold, CNN, 1 Apr. 2018
• Of nongovernmental players, the World Bank is best placed to provide long-term support for health spending.
  — Stephanie Nolen, New York Times, 22 Feb. 2025
• Some human rights groups and nongovernmental organizations say the death toll is higher.
  — CNN, 29 Mar. 2022
• That's because not all counties make data available, and a nongovernmental organization cannot force them to do so.
  — Peter Hepburn and Yuliya Panfil, Star Tribune, 29 Jan. 2021
• None of the hundreds of nongovernmental organizations in Venezuela focus on abuse by priests.
  — Ana Vanessa Herrero, Washington Post, 21 June 2022
• The school, run by a nongovernmental organization, only goes to the 10th grade.
  — New York Times, 27 Mar. 2021
• That means the volunteers, who take time off work and rely on their own money or nongovernmental funds, are a small but important addition to the overwhelmed forces.
  — Alexander Ivanov and Daria Litvinova, Star Tribune, 27 July 2021
• Both companies rank within the top 10 nongovernmental employers in the state.
  — Russ Wiles, The Arizona Republic, 7 Sep. 2023
• These were nongovernmental missions.
  — Daniel Thomas Potts, The Conversation, 30 Mar. 2026
• Salvini’s first move was to close off ports to the slew of nongovernmental groups that sail around the Mediterranean and attempt to rescue immigrants from their flimsy boats.
  — Stefano Pitrelli, Washington Post, 26 Sep. 2022
• Shock spread across Washington after it was revealed the topic was discussed via Signal, a nongovernmental app.
  — Lauren Irwin, The Hill, 2 May 2025
• The British nongovernmental organization is working to provide food, water and shelter for those left homeless by the blasts.
  — Ruby Mellen, Washington Post, 6 Aug. 2020
• It was gathered over months by a team of veterans who served with Kurpasi in the Marines and a group of nongovernmental organizations that took on his case.
  — Phil McCausland, NBC News, 14 Oct. 2022
• The same holds for one’s ability to buy or rent private housing, attend nonstate schools, or form nongovernmental organizations.
  — Stephen Kotkin, Foreign Affairs, 16 Dec. 2025
• Gorilla Doctors, a nongovernmental group, has trained veterinary staff in each of the countries where the mountain gorillas live.
  — Christina Larson, The Seattle Times, 14 Nov. 2018
• Some protesters fear that the security laws, which will be sweeping in scope, could target unions and nongovernmental organizations, many of which formed out of last year’s protests.
  — Vivian Wang, BostonGlobe.com, 30 May 2020
• In the wake of the protests, hundreds of independent media outlets and nongovernmental organizations were shut down and outlawed.
  — Yuras Karmanau, Los Angeles Times, 9 Mar. 2026
• Both the government and nongovernmental organizations are involved in a series of peace-building initiatives to reduce conflict in the north of the lake.
  — Tommy Trenchard, NPR, 31 May 2026
• To fill the gaps, nongovernmental and nonprofit organizations have stepped in to verify incidents through photos and videos to assess the strikes and their impact.
  — N. Kirkpatrick, Washington Post, 20 June 2026
• But as her classmates left to work at nongovernmental organizations around the world, Kilby remained wedded to her life and career in Virginia.
  — Jonathan M. Pitts, baltimoresun.com, 22 Oct. 2021
• Gray was the sole nongovernmental witness at the hearing, testifying alone after a break in the hearing so committee members could cast a series of votes on the Senate floor.
  — Jeffrey Mervis, Science | AAAS, 6 June 2019
• Volunteers in the area received some support from the nongovernmental agency Sinet-Spark, which provided sleeping bags, gloves and heavy equipment.
  — Alexander Ivanov and Daria Litvinova, Star Tribune, 27 July 2021
• For decades, that scaffolding has included both governmental and nongovernmental efforts.
  — Jane Harman, Foreign Affairs, 13 Nov. 2025
• People are relying on nongovernmental sources, such as like Johns Hopkins University or the media, for data on the spread of the virus.
  — Julia Lane, The Conversation, 31 July 2020
• CerviCusco, a nongovernmental agency in Peru, sought the assistance, the health system said in a statement.
  — From Usa Today Network and Wire Reports, USA TODAY, 19 July 2021
• Last year, more than 1,000 people died in lightning strikes during those four months, according to a report by a nongovernmental group that aims to reduce such fatalities.
  — Joanna Slater, Washington Post, 26 June 2020
• Newsweek reached out by email to Food & Water Watch, a nongovernmental organization that advocates for healthy food and clean water, for comment.
  — Dan Perry, Newsweek, 12 Feb. 2025
• But the numbers have been steadily climbing as a network of international nongovernmental organizations has worked to verify the scale of the crackdown.
  — Somayeh Malekian, ABC News, 27 Jan. 2026
• This move will not significantly impact Anthropic because most of the company’s business comes from nongovernmental partners and clients.
  — Olivier Sylvain, Fortune, 16 May 2026