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Recent Examples of nonelective Sought after for elective and nonelective post-surgical recovery, Immortelle prides itself on a holistic approach to aftercare. Elycia Rubin, The Hollywood Reporter, 25 June 2023 Again, in the case of these nonelective matches, employees may be given the choice of whether to make the match on a pre-tax basis or on an after-tax Roth basis. Jeanne Sahadi, CNN, 13 Feb. 2023 The first huge change for people who are still working is that employers will now be able to provide employees with the option to receive matching and nonelective contributions to a Roth account for their 401(k)/403(b)/457(b) plans. James Lange, Forbes, 24 Jan. 2023 Sometimes it can be caused by long-term contact-lens use; but more often than not, the condition is brought on by age—and can even obstruct vision in severe cases, turning an elective eye-lift procedure into a nonelective one in insurance parlance. Jancee Dunn, Vogue, 12 Mar. 2021 The owner can make both elective-deferral contributions from compensation of up to $19,500 in 2020 ($26,000 for those ages 50 and up) and employer nonelective contributions, with all contributions (except catch-up contributions of those 50 or older) totaling no more than $57,000. Dallas News, 31 May 2020
Recent Examples of Synonyms for nonelective
Adjective
  • The private messages offer a disturbing glimpse into how Jones — who is looking to oust incumbent Republican Attorney General Jason Miyares this fall — describes his political adversaries in private conversations.
    Amy DeLaura, The Washington Examiner, 5 Oct. 2025
  • Since then, the Internet has gone about its immemorial business of destroying all incumbent forms of media; not content with vampirizing print, the digital space began sucking the life from pay-TV a dozen years ago.
    Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 3 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • Medicare will not be interrupted by the shutdown because it’s classified as a mandatory government service.
    Sarah Moreno, Miami Herald, 3 Oct. 2025
  • Nearly eight years later, Serhat Gumrukcu, 42, of Los Angeles, is facing a mandatory life sentence in the killing of Gregory Davis, who was abducted from his Vermont home and found shot to death at the base of a nearby snowbank in January 2018, according to prosecutors.
    Julia Marnin, Sacbee.com, 3 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • The problem arises when implicit or explicit pressures make either covering or uncovering feel compulsory—so the aim is to restore agency, letting employees decide for themselves without penalty.
    Tia Katz, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2025
  • The campaign faces a tight deadline, but veto referendums have been successful in Missouri as recently as 2017, when labor unions successfully organized to defeat a right-to-work law that would have banned compulsory union fees.
    Kacen Bayless, Kansas City Star, 16 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • The required curriculum and practicum hours not only prepare the graduates to serve preschool through 12th-grade students, but their families, as well.
    Jenelyn Russo, Oc Register, 30 Sep. 2025
  • Going forward, Boeing and FAA inspectors will take turns performing the required pre-flight safety checks.
    Boston Herald Wire Services, Boston Herald, 28 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • The mayor's office said the quick timeline is necessary to meet state notification deadlines for the change to take effect.
    Vanessa Swales, jsonline.com, 6 Oct. 2025
  • Jackson picked the cold case right back up but had to dispatch colleagues to do the voluminous number of necessary interviews and to pursue any new tips.
    Jean Casarez, CNN Money, 5 Oct. 2025

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

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