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Recent Examples of negotiable Matcha is definitely a non-negotiable on heavy editing days. Ayana Hyman, Refinery29, 17 Oct. 2025 But for Rick, that’s non-negotiable. Clayton Davis, Variety, 17 Oct. 2025 Publicly standing for independent union registration and championing fair application of the law would send a clear message that freedom of association in sourcing destinations such as Cambodia is non-negotiable. Sourcing Journal, 15 Oct. 2025 For a Sharks team trying to climb out of the basement, those qualities should be non-negotiable, especially while playing at home and attempting to prove to your fanbase that this season might be a bit different than the last few. Curtis Pashelka, Mercury News, 15 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for negotiable
Recent Examples of Synonyms for negotiable
Adjective
  • For people with disabilities, Atlas could make the web more navigable.
    The AI Insider, Interesting Engineering, 27 Oct. 2025
  • The Orange County Fair by comparison feels more intimate, more navigable, and, well, more California casual.
    Allen Buchanan, Oc Register, 25 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • But for Dylan, going from Jew to Jesus freak—however slack a Jew he’d been—was no more questionable or embarrassing to him than going from acoustic to electric.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 28 Oct. 2025
  • But Gates said that past investments fighting climate change have been misplaced, and too much good money has been put into expensive and questionable efforts.
    David Goldman, CNN Money, 28 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • That time, a very disputable foul denied him.
    Matt Woosnam, New York Times, 18 Aug. 2025
Adjective
  • Whether girls are reaching puberty six years earlier than previously is debatable—a 2024 study found a shift of only six months, not six years.
    Jasmine Laws, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Oct. 2025
  • That’s debatable, but the sweet, vanilla-forward coating and pop of salt on top turns ordinary pretzels into a yummy confection nonetheless.
    Jolene Thym, Mercury News, 14 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • While the limit of eight designated to returns might be a moot point, Waller would be considered the sixth in that regard.
    Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 22 Oct. 2025
  • For many shoppers, the settlement was largely moot, however.
    Paul Rogers, Mercury News, 18 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • 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
  • 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 29 Oct. 2025.

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