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having no legal or binding force a verbal agreement is considered nonbinding in this state

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Recent Examples of nonbinding Earlier, in the March GOP primary, 81% of voters agreed with a nonbinding proposition that no Democrats should be named, Rinaldi noted. Dallas News, 12 Jan. 2023 The executive committee of the Texas Republican Party unanimously passed a nonbinding vote of no-confidence in Ms. McDaniel, and the Arizona G.O.P. publicly called on her to resign. Ken Bensinger, New York Times, 28 Dec. 2022 Peskov ruled out the payment of reparations to Ukraine, calling this an effort to rob Russia’s foreign currency and gold reserves, after a nonbinding U.N. General Assembly vote Monday calling on Russia to compensate Ukraine for war damage. David L. Stern, Washington Post, 15 Nov. 2022 In 1994, the Catron county commission voted unanimously to pass a nonbinding resolution stating that every household should possess a firearm and ammunition for the purpose of home defense. Brandon Kapelow, Time, 13 Oct. 2022 See All Example Sentences for nonbinding
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Adjective
  • Between the atoms was void, and all things that existed were atoms.
    Ethan Siegel, Big Think, 30 Sep. 2025
  • Into this relative void steps Paul Thomas Anderson, whose films have been nominated for 28 Academy Awards over the course of his career.
    Joe Reid, Vulture, 26 Sep. 2025
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  • China did not take part in the arbitral proceedings and maintains the tribunal’s decision is invalid.
    Micah McCartney, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 Oct. 2025
  • Permits are invalid unless they are accompanied by a certificate of veterinary inspection from an accredited veterinarian indicating that the animal is free of disease.
    Lillian Metzmeier, Louisville Courier Journal, 3 Oct. 2025

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“Nonbinding.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nonbinding. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.

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