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Recent Examples of noncompliant
Those charges include four counts each of counterfeiting−delivery/possession of property and knowingly selling counterfeit, nonfunctional or noncompliant supplemental restraint systems.
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Christina Hall, Freep.com, 2 Oct. 2025
Billed as a first-of-its-kind in the nation type of effort, California legislators greenlit a bill that would require AI chatbots to ensure there are safeguards in place to protect those who use it — and to give families legal recourse against developers deemed to be noncompliant and negligent.
—Kaitlyn Schallhorn, Oc Register, 16 Sep. 2025
And if access isn’t tightly controlled, agents can generate unpredictable or noncompliant outputs—quickly.
—Fletcher Keister, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2025
The courts quashed the administration’s efforts to withhold funding from noncompliant jurisdictions as a violation of the Constitution’s Tenth Amendment and other provisions.
—Krista Kafer, Denver Post, 8 Sep. 2025
Special measures would be needed to deter noncompliance, including the right of parties to the agreement to suspend sanctions relief and other benefits to a noncompliant party.
—Robert J. Einhorn, Foreign Affairs, 29 Aug. 2025
Only Commissioner Juli Casale dissented, concerned about retaliation from the state if the city is deemed noncompliant.
—Abigail Hasebroock, Sun Sentinel, 20 Aug. 2025
Christina Hall, Freep.com, 2 Oct. 2025
Billed as a first-of-its-kind in the nation type of effort, California legislators greenlit a bill that would require AI chatbots to ensure there are safeguards in place to protect those who use it — and to give families legal recourse against developers deemed to be noncompliant and negligent.
—Kaitlyn Schallhorn, Oc Register, 16 Sep. 2025
And if access isn’t tightly controlled, agents can generate unpredictable or noncompliant outputs—quickly.
—Fletcher Keister, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2025
The courts quashed the administration’s efforts to withhold funding from noncompliant jurisdictions as a violation of the Constitution’s Tenth Amendment and other provisions.
—Krista Kafer, Denver Post, 8 Sep. 2025
Special measures would be needed to deter noncompliance, including the right of parties to the agreement to suspend sanctions relief and other benefits to a noncompliant party.
—Robert J. Einhorn, Foreign Affairs, 29 Aug. 2025
Only Commissioner Juli Casale dissented, concerned about retaliation from the state if the city is deemed noncompliant.
—Abigail Hasebroock, Sun Sentinel, 20 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for noncompliant
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William meanwhile remained recalcitrant.—
Stacy Schiff,
The Atlantic,
8 Oct. 2025
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Anderson plunges the audience into the rebels’ point of view, immersing us in the recalcitrant pride and swagger of Perfidia Beverly Hills, a revolutionary leader played by Teyana Taylor with a hypnotic sneer of defiance.—
Owen Gleiberman,
Variety,
17 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Kennedy Tolson is the sly queen of side-eye as the disobedient new housemaid Nancy.—
Pam Kragen,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
16 Aug. 2025
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These first two episodes also give us the first appearance of Uma Thurman’s character, Charley, who seems to be recruiting serial killers and taking out disobedient ones in the Tri-State area.—
Hunter Ingram,
Variety,
11 July 2025
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Kurt Caz, a white South African social-media star with millions of followers across platforms, first gained popularity through filming his defiant tours of dangerous neighborhoods in countries such as Venezuela and Kenya.—
T. M. Brown,
New Yorker,
15 Oct. 2025
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In a defiant address to the nation on Monday night, Rajoelina said that he had been forced to move to a safe place because of threats to his life.—
CNN Money,
CNN Money,
14 Oct. 2025
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This is, by far, the most common TES approach in industry, with most companies using legacy technologies like refractory bricks and molten salt to store heat in insulated shipping containers.—
Erik Kobayashi-Solomon,
Forbes.com,
7 Aug. 2025
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This is due to a rare condition called refractory celiac disease, which requires specialized treatment.—
Daryl Austin,
USA Today,
19 July 2025
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All at once, Vance had made an obstreperous return to the center of the national stage—and so did the memes.—
Jessica Winter,
The New Yorker,
19 Mar. 2025
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In some ways, Paul has been less obstreperous than them.—
Eric Cortellessa,
TIME,
18 Mar. 2025
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Sean Audy with the Will County sheriff’s office said the defendant also caused trouble at the Will County jail, including threatening a deputy, being insubordinate and uncooperative.—
Michelle Mullins,
Chicago Tribune,
25 Aug. 2025
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Respondents said those issues include violent, destructive or insubordinate behavior by the students.—
Rachel Wegner,
The Tennessean,
2 July 2025
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On Thursday, after a wayward drive landed in the left rough on the par-4 eighth hole, Rahm’s mood soured.—
Devlina Sarkar,
MSNBC Newsweek,
10 Oct. 2025
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On that Thursday in early fall, the 40-foot wayward adult humpback male took a wrong turn on his migration from Alaska to Mexico and was spotted near Oakland’s Outer Harbor.—
Helen Harlan,
Sacbee.com,
9 Oct. 2025
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There's just something so irresistible about the lace-up flat with its air of rebellious discipline.—
Alex Sales,
Glamour,
12 Oct. 2025
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Singer Kelis has always been rebellious and non-conforming.—
Elizabeth Ayoola,
Essence,
9 Oct. 2025
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“Noncompliant.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/noncompliant. Accessed 18 Oct. 2025.
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