How to Use noninterference in a Sentence

noninterference

noun
  • Hop over them, amble down, and marvel at the work that 12 short years of human noninterference can do.
    Davey G. Johnson, Car and Driver, 3 Oct. 2017
  • One is a country’s right to defend itself, and the other is the noninterference principle.
    Wayne N White Jr, The Conversation, 31 Jan. 2025
  • The ethic of noninterference involves our ability to control decisions about our own lives, for good or ill.
    Jeannie Suk Gersen, The New Yorker, 20 June 2022
  • The cause of noninterference bounded from Griswold to Roe to Lawrence.
    Jeannie Suk Gersen, The New Yorker, 20 June 2022
  • The move was especially bold for a bloc known for its policy of noninterference and past protection of rogue actors.
    Washington Post, 15 Nov. 2021
  • Its noninterference gives the market stability and sends a message that data, not politics, are in charge.
    David Goldman, CNN, 31 May 2022
  • But today, the majority of the countries who have the potential to stop this war have chosen this immoral position of an onlooker, of noninterference.
    New York Times, 1 Apr. 2022
  • Drug companies lobbied Congress to include the noninterference clause in the 2003 law.
    Robert Pear, New York Times, 16 June 2018
  • It has been elaborated in agreements like the Peace of Westphalia, which gave rise to the principle of noninterference in a country’s internal affairs.
    Mark Landler, New York Times, 19 Sep. 2017
  • The grouping, however, is hamstrung by its policy of noninterference in the domestic affairs of member nations as well as its requirement to reach a consensus among members.
    Jim Gomez, Star Tribune, 1 Aug. 2021
  • Social Security, the roots of noninterference, humanities, pet custody and more, in readers' eyes.
    Letters To The Editor, Washington Post, 2 July 2026
  • China has said its foreign assistance is based on mutual benefit and noninterference in the internal affairs of the recipient countries.
    Eva Dou, WSJ, 11 Oct. 2017
  • China has a longstanding policy of noninterference in other countries’ domestic affairs, and the acceptance of those fleeing conflict is often perceived as taking sides.
    Jessica Meyers, latimes.com, 18 Oct. 2017
  • Depending on how the currently vague noninterference rules are interpreted and enforced by the Chinese (and others), significant parts of the moon might end up off-limits for anyone else to explore or mine.
    Thomas Zurbuchen, Scientific American, 1 Oct. 2024
  • Remember the good old days, when China proudly proclaimed the principle of noninterference in other nations' internal affairs and pledged never to build military bases overseas?
    chicagotribune.com, 22 Mar. 2018
  • Beijing, citing its official policy of noninterference, vehemently denies any involvement in the coup.
    Brook Larmer, New York Times, 19 Dec. 2017
  • The broad guidelines for relations between nations emphasize state sovereignty, nonaggression, and noninterference in each other’s internal affairs, and were later adopted by the nonaligned movement.
    Ann Scott Tyson, The Christian Science Monitor, 2 July 2024
  • Fidel Castro, the leader of the revolution, initially sought a rapprochement with Washington, or at least a tacit commitment to noninterference.
    Andre Pagliarini, The New Republic, 16 Apr. 2021
  • As financial ties deepen, China has been moving away from its decades-long policy of noninterference, basing troops on the continent and strengthening political relationships.
    Matina Stevis-Gridneff, WSJ, 25 July 2018
  • The erosion of core democratic principles, like separation of powers and political noninterference with government functions, will appear to many like a perfectly normal part of democracy.
    Zack Beauchamp, Vox, 7 Dec. 2018
  • Once the assault began, China was put in the awkward position of having to reconcile its long-standing policy of noninterference and respecting national sovereignty with its ties to Russia.
    Jennifer Conrad, Wired, 4 Mar. 2022
  • The fundamental concept of health care neutrality — noninterference with medical services during conflict, a core principle of the Geneva Conventions — is being lost.
    Dr. Tom Frieden, CNN, 27 Dec. 2019
  • Also in consideration is China’s relationship with Ukraine, supported in part by the latter’s willingness to provide critical military systems, and its long-standing stance of noninterference.
    Washington Post, 16 Mar. 2022
  • And despite Beijing's decades-long support for noninterference – not meddling in other countries' domestic affairs – foreign policy analysts ask if its growing economic leadership will give rise to more political ambitions, too.
    Michael Holtz, The Christian Science Monitor, 16 May 2017
  • Unlike its own assertive military actions in its near waters, China has not meaningfully engaged in overt military or political influence in Latin America nations, in line with its noninterference stance.
    Kerry E. Ratigan, The Conversation, 15 Jan. 2026
  • But Washington should limit its engagement with the Taliban to agreeing on a set of principles for delivering aid, including Taliban noninterference in the work of the organizations carrying out aid programs.
    Lisa Curtis, Foreign Affairs, 19 Sep. 2022
  • The group has also joined with other investors in co-filing shareholder resolutions calling for Tesla to adopt comprehensive labor rights policies, including noninterference with worker organizing and compliance with global labor standards.
    Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 20 Aug. 2025
  • Republicans also adopted a policy of noninterference in Southern affairs, curtailing federal enforcement of civil rights for Black Americans throughout the region.
    Matt Ford, The New Republic, 5 Jan. 2021
  • For a while after, President Richard Nixon adopted a position of noninterference, but by mid-1970, the government had decided to remove the occupiers’ access to fresh water and shut off all electrical power.
    Ruth Hopkins, Teen Vogue, 7 Mar. 2019
  • China and Russia share a similar vision for a multipolar world less dominated by the United States, one that emphasizes economic relationships and noninterference in other countries’ politics, including human rights violations.
    Jennifer Jett, NBC News, 15 Sep. 2022

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