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Recent Examples of noncommercial
The Corporation for Public Broadcasting, or CPB, handles the music licensing agreements for noncommercial public radio stations like KKFI.
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Matthew Kelly, Kansas City Star, 24 July 2025
Advocates say the entire system of noncommercial media will become weaker without the foundational support from taxpayers, resulting in fewer original shows and less local news coverage.
—Brian Stelter, CNN Money, 18 July 2025
The fire started in a sparsely populated area in the warehouse and video shared on social media showed at least two noncommercial buildings burning in the blaze.
—Nathan Solis, Los Angeles Times, 2 July 2025
Representatives of various interest groups, such as intellectual property owners and noncommercial Internet users, help select and advise members of the board and, in some cases, develop policies.
—Kal Raustiala, Foreign Affairs, 13 Feb. 2017
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Matthew Kelly, Kansas City Star, 24 July 2025
Advocates say the entire system of noncommercial media will become weaker without the foundational support from taxpayers, resulting in fewer original shows and less local news coverage.
—Brian Stelter, CNN Money, 18 July 2025
The fire started in a sparsely populated area in the warehouse and video shared on social media showed at least two noncommercial buildings burning in the blaze.
—Nathan Solis, Los Angeles Times, 2 July 2025
Representatives of various interest groups, such as intellectual property owners and noncommercial Internet users, help select and advise members of the board and, in some cases, develop policies.
—Kal Raustiala, Foreign Affairs, 13 Feb. 2017
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for noncommercial
Adjective
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The cherry fruit flies are known to cause damage and rot that renders the fruit unmarketable.—
Natalie Davies,
Freep.com,
26 July 2025
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However, the unintended fallout is this: Entire communities have become unmarketable overnight, property values are plummeting, and average Floridians are stuck, unable to sell, refinance or move.—
Peter S. Sachs,
Sun Sentinel,
6 July 2025
Adjective
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Despite a seemingly uncommercial script full of ambiguous menace that constantly intimated and never confirmed that supernatural forces were in play, The Witch earned more than ten times its $4 million budget.—
Matt Zoller Seitz,
Vulture,
14 Jan. 2025
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Never has an album this uncommercial blossomed into a structurally experimental musical and succeeded with Broadway crowds and critics, nabbing four 2024 Tony nominations, including best musical.—
Joe Lynch,
Billboard,
22 May 2024
Adjective
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Whatever’s unsalable will be delivered to the project for sorting, reuse and recycling.—
Jasmin Malik Chua,
Sourcing Journal,
1 Oct. 2025
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His books are frequently both excellent and unsalable.—
Gemma Sieff,
Harper’s Magazine ,
4 Jan. 2022
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“Noncommercial.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/noncommercial. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.
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