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
That’s my biggest non-negotiable at 30.
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Adelle Platon, VIBE.com, 22 Apr. 2026
Wherever the day's adventures take you, pencil in some time for a non-negotiable cone from Bedford Farms Ice Cream, a quintessential New England ice cream stand that has been churning out 60-plus flavors since 1880.
—Todd Plummer, Condé Nast Traveler, 20 Apr. 2026
Protecting your energy becomes non-negotiable.
—Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 20 Apr. 2026
Recent legal changes have made agent commission rates negotiable, creating friction over who pays the professionals involved in a sale.
—Sandra Barrera, Oc Register, 17 Apr. 2026
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Adelle Platon, VIBE.com, 22 Apr. 2026
Wherever the day's adventures take you, pencil in some time for a non-negotiable cone from Bedford Farms Ice Cream, a quintessential New England ice cream stand that has been churning out 60-plus flavors since 1880.
—Todd Plummer, Condé Nast Traveler, 20 Apr. 2026
Protecting your energy becomes non-negotiable.
—Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 20 Apr. 2026
Recent legal changes have made agent commission rates negotiable, creating friction over who pays the professionals involved in a sale.
—Sandra Barrera, Oc Register, 17 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for negotiable
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Other examples include requiring captioning for videos and making a computer navigable without a mouse, for people with motor disabilities.—
Jonaki Mehta,
NPR,
6 Apr. 2026
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Europe turned inward, with trade currents mostly running along navigable rivers.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
25 Mar. 2026
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The department did not directly respond to questions the Tribune sent in February about how the city could have let obviously questionable entries slip through in the first place.—
Joe Mahr,
Chicago Tribune,
19 Apr. 2026
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Now, the school is feeling some of the same competitive pressure its public school neighbors have been feeling – because, in Cedar Rapids' new, competitive marketplace, its product has gone from shiny and new to questionable and perhaps tainted.—
Cory Turner,
NPR,
19 Apr. 2026
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Speech — Intimidation as censorship The First Amendment protects disputable speech, not agreeable.—
Brielle Miller,
Baltimore Sun,
9 Mar. 2026
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That disputable appraisal turned a few heads, and people began peppering the bot for further remarks on Musk’s physical prowess.—
Miles Klee,
Rolling Stone,
20 Nov. 2025
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Some have pointed to a 1980 precedent holding that the motion to enter executive session for a discharge vote is non-debatable — meaning Thune could get Warsh into the room without a cloture vote.—
Phil Mattingly,
CNN Money,
22 Apr. 2026
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Though whether this return to Gilead is interesting enough to exist is debatable.—
Brian Truitt,
USA Today,
10 Apr. 2026
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If the state Supreme Court agrees with the lower court, the results from Tuesday's vote could be rendered moot.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
21 Apr. 2026
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The public defenders proposed legislation earlier this year — it was made moot by the moratorium — that would have closely regulated the use of AI report writing technology.—
Edmund H. Mahony,
Hartford Courant,
20 Apr. 2026
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“Negotiable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/negotiable. Accessed 27 Apr. 2026.
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