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Recent Examples of no-no
That’s a no-no in hockey, the type of act that can turn things messy.
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Aaron Portzline, New York Times, 19 Oct. 2025
By recent ordinance, plastic bags are a no-no.
—Paul Cappiello, Louisville Courier Journal, 17 Oct. 2025
Sorry, but that is a big no-no.
—Brian Moylan, Vulture, 17 Oct. 2025
For a candidate to alienate the most powerful individuals in their political party even before a race gets going seriously is an unheard-of no-no.
—Thomas Elias, Mercury News, 14 Oct. 2025
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Aaron Portzline, New York Times, 19 Oct. 2025
By recent ordinance, plastic bags are a no-no.
—Paul Cappiello, Louisville Courier Journal, 17 Oct. 2025
Sorry, but that is a big no-no.
—Brian Moylan, Vulture, 17 Oct. 2025
For a candidate to alienate the most powerful individuals in their political party even before a race gets going seriously is an unheard-of no-no.
—Thomas Elias, Mercury News, 14 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for no-no
Noun
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No prohibition had been announced, but they would never be allowed to join a guild.—
George Packer,
The Atlantic,
6 Nov. 2025
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In Margaret Atwood’s chilling dystopian novel, The Handmaid’s Tale, the founders of the Republic of Gilead legislate a blanket prohibition on women’s employment and the seizure of their personal savings.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
6 Nov. 2025
Noun
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Regional restrictions may apply.—
Ben Verbrugge,
MSNBC Newsweek,
6 Nov. 2025
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Snow suggests framing choices in terms of collaboration and care, rather than loss or restriction.—
Lauryn Higgins,
Flow Space,
5 Nov. 2025
Noun
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Asking for a leave of absence due to a breakup may sound like a taboo concept for the boomer generation.—
Jessica Coacci,
Fortune,
5 Nov. 2025
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The conference broke the enduring taboo on direct talks between Arabs and Israelis—and Rabin took advantage.—
Dennis Ross,
The Atlantic,
4 Nov. 2025
Noun
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But Oregon Solicitor General Benjamin Gutman told the court the tariffs are fundamentally different from embargoes.—
Maureen Groppe,
USA Today,
5 Nov. 2025
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The two sides also extended a truce reached earlier this year that brought down their tit-for-tat tariffs from levels that would have amounted to a de facto trade embargo.—
Simone McCarthy,
CNN Money,
4 Nov. 2025
Noun
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And in May, the Supreme Court allowed the Administration to enforce a ban on transgender people from serving in the military.—
Chad de Guzman,
Time,
7 Nov. 2025
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While county voters have previously rejected candidates who ran on culture war issues such as promoting book bans in schools or alleging election fraud, those who ran on platforms opposing zoning changes or apartment development had still found success at the polls in recent years.—
Taylor O'Connor,
Kansas City Star,
7 Nov. 2025
Noun
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In an eleventh-hour attempt to politically have their cake and eat it too, Senate Democrats followed their 13th consecutive veto of the GOP’s clean spending bill, which would reopen the government.—
Tiana Lowe Doescher,
The Washington Examiner,
31 Oct. 2025
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Governor Gavin Newsom’s veto of Assembly Bill 255 makes stories like Michelle’s almost impossible to repeat within the state’s homelessness system.—
Michele Steeb,
Oc Register,
29 Oct. 2025
Noun
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The federal government has acknowledged these limitations.—
Jessie Yeung,
CNN Money,
7 Nov. 2025
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By turning a mechanical limitation into an advantage, the team has opened a new direction for soft robotics research.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
7 Nov. 2025
Noun
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That's the deterrent for the idiots.—
Kirsten Fiscus,
Nashville Tennessean,
11 Nov. 2025
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Those long timelines alone should be a deterrent, said Tim Judson, executive director of the Nuclear Information Resource Service, a nonprofit advocate for a nuclear-free world.—
Bob Woods,
CNBC,
9 Nov. 2025
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“No-no.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/no-no. Accessed 19 Nov. 2025.
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