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Recent Examples of nonaction This creates a negative feeling that moves us into nonaction or avoidance. Expert Panel®, Forbes, 27 Mar. 2023 In a demonstration of Democrats’ determination, U.S. Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee of Houston was arrested later Thursday outside of the Hart Senate Office Building after leading a march of Black voting rights activists to protest the Senate’s nonaction on the For the People Act. Raga Justin, Dallas News, 29 July 2021
Recent Examples of Synonyms for nonaction
Noun
  • The business seems to be in a weird state of inertia and denial.
    Pamela N. Danziger, Forbes.com, 8 May 2025
  • Using these, scientists were able to model the moment of inertia and Vesta's interior structure.
    Keith Cooper, Space.com, 6 May 2025
Noun
  • The Reagan airport tragedy last winter showed us the cost of inaction.
    Kevin Sabet, MSNBC Newsweek, 15 May 2025
  • Chairman Jason Smith, R-Mo., laid out the stakes of inaction at the beginning of the hearing.
    Lauren Peller, ABC News, 13 May 2025

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“Nonaction.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nonaction. Accessed 23 May. 2025.

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