1
as in navigable
capable of being traveled on
some of the national park's roads are not negotiable in winter
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2
as in questionable
open to question or dispute
the final judgment is not negotiable
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Recent Examples of negotiable
At the same time, a series of state-level measures - SB 154, HB 1021, and most recently, HB 913 - have made regulatory compliance non-negotiable.
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Maria Williams, USA Today, 25 Sep. 2025
Alleviating the Mom Guilt With Andrews’ husband simultaneously busy with work, having a plan in place to ensure Mack is well occupied and taken care of is non-negotiable.
—Lauren Brown West-Rosenthal, Parents, 23 Sep. 2025
Kids were non-negotiable for Rod Stewart's wife, Penny Lancaster.
—Lauryn Overhultz, FOXNews.com, 22 Sep. 2025
Hesitation and complexity are liabilities; clarity and rapid execution are non-negotiable.
—Daniel Schmeltz, Fortune, 22 Sep. 2025
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Maria Williams, USA Today, 25 Sep. 2025
Alleviating the Mom Guilt With Andrews’ husband simultaneously busy with work, having a plan in place to ensure Mack is well occupied and taken care of is non-negotiable.
—Lauren Brown West-Rosenthal, Parents, 23 Sep. 2025
Kids were non-negotiable for Rod Stewart's wife, Penny Lancaster.
—Lauryn Overhultz, FOXNews.com, 22 Sep. 2025
Hesitation and complexity are liabilities; clarity and rapid execution are non-negotiable.
—Daniel Schmeltz, Fortune, 22 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for negotiable
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How to Get Around The old town of Villefranche-sur-Mer, with its concentration of visitor attractions and restaurants, is easy to walk around—in fact, some streets are only navigable on foot.—
Chrissie McClatchie,
Travel + Leisure,
6 Oct. 2025
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Most of the dredges are privately owned and primarily located on the East Coast, which has more navigable rivers and harbors than the West Coast.—
Phil Diehl,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
15 Sep. 2025
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While the talk leading up to the NLDS was about the Dodgers' questionable bullpen, it's been the Phillies' relievers who have been unable to quiet the Dodgers' bats.—
Noah Camras,
MSNBC Newsweek,
7 Oct. 2025
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The chain has also recently reformulated its Member’s Mark brand to replace artificial food dyes and questionable ingredients like high fructose corn syrup, preservatives, aspartame, and flavorings with natural options.—
Karen Brewer Grossman,
Southern Living,
6 Oct. 2025
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That time, a very disputable foul denied him.—
Matt Woosnam,
New York Times,
18 Aug. 2025
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What’s more debatable is whether the idea is probable, or even plausible.—
Alex Hutchinson,
Outside,
15 Sep. 2025
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What's next for mortgages, though, is debatable.—
Susan Tompor,
Freep.com,
15 Sep. 2025
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Both Pavia and the NCAA argued to the panel that the appeal was not moot, but Thapar found their arguments unpersuasive and flawed.—
Michael McCann,
Sportico.com,
1 Oct. 2025
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All of this may be moot, of course.—
Chris Weatherspoon,
New York Times,
1 Oct. 2025
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While that’s arguable, what is not is that productivity in the U.K. has been remarkably flat for roughly 20 years.—
Nick Lichtenberg,
Fortune,
22 Sep. 2025
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Whether a cell in 1598 played a part in conceiving of the scrawny, hobbled hidalgo with a cardboard visor and a bent lance is arguable, but Cervantes’ far more traumatic enslavement from 1571 until 1576 must have formed his intimate comprehension of the difference between freedom and servitude.—
Ed Simon
September 22,
Literary Hub,
22 Sep. 2025
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“Negotiable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/negotiable. Accessed 9 Oct. 2025.
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