noninterventionist

adjective

Definition of noninterventionistnext
as in nonaligned

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Recent Examples of noninterventionist And Secrets suspects that a younger, noninterventionist crowd would have boosted Vance’s numbers. — Rob Crilly, The Washington Examiner, 30 Mar. 2026 Does the beginning of this war tell us anything meaningful about the long-running battle between the interventionist and noninterventionist wings of American conservativism? — Suzanne Schneider, The New York Review of Books, 25 Mar. 2026 Conservatives emphasized a return to a noninterventionist policy. — Steven Greenhut, Oc Register, 12 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for noninterventionist
  1. nonaligned
  2. independent
  3. hands-off
  4. sovereign
  5. autonomous
  6. neutral
  7. unaffiliated
  8. nonpartisan
Adjective
  • Russia has been able to weather Western sanctions largely by ramping up trade with nonaligned countries, particularly India and China.
    — Tristan Bove, Fortune, 30 June 2026
  • These are hedging strategies adapted to today’s more fragmented international order, while the older divide separated aligned states from nonaligned states.
    — Andrew Latham, The Conversation, 4 June 2026
Definition of nonaligned
Adjective
  • Gillette Stadium, home of the New England Patriots, was forced to roll out a second artificial surface after the World Cup because its first attempt didn’t pass an independent lab test as required by the NFL and NFLPA.
    — Tim Graham, New York Times, 16 Aug. 2026
  • Assessing the entries this year were a total of six panels, comprised of independent experts from across the industry, including top writers, authors and broadcasters from England and Scotland.
    — Brad Japhe, Forbes.com, 16 Aug. 2026
Definition of independent
Adjective
  • There's a hands-off approach and there's an invisible hand approach.
    — Caché McClay, USA Today, 13 Aug. 2026
  • As a more hands-off or less stressful option, many Americans turn to a bread machine for an easier homemade bread option, but this appliance presents a new set of questions and potential bread machine mistakes.
    — Karla Walsh, Better Homes & Gardens, 9 Aug. 2026
Definition of hands-off
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  • Goldman buys shares from the original issuer (Intel or Alphabet) at a discount and resells them to institutional clients (hedge funds, pension funds, and sovereign wealth funds) at the public offering price.
    — Morgan Chittum, CNBC, 14 Aug. 2026
  • If Beijing were forced to address a domestic crisis, a fresh wave of sovereign restructurings and defaults could cascade in Pakistan, Ecuador, Zambia, and beyond.
    — Michael B. G. Froman, Foreign Affairs, 13 Aug. 2026
Definition of sovereign
Adjective
  • Cleora is instead testing whether autonomous construction systems can be integrated into a functioning community while maintaining architectural variety and controlling costs.
    — Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 15 Aug. 2026
  • Without getting into the legalities around breaking contracts, Newcastle were negotiating with an autonomous entity in Saudi club Al Ahli.
    — Chris Waugh, New York Times, 14 Aug. 2026
Definition of autonomous
Adjective
  • Similarly, Roderick Crooks has demonstrated that Ed Tech’s algorithmic systems are not race-neutral.
    — Kaliris Salas-Ramirez, New York Daily News, 16 Aug. 2026
  • The Angle Wedge Pillow's distinctive triangular shape cradles your legs and knees at a precise 45-degree angle to relieve tension in your back, while the Knee-T keeps legs, hips and spine in a neutral position to reduce pressure on your lower back.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 15 Aug. 2026
Definition of neutral
Adjective
  • The manual is used not only by the program's centers, but also many unaffiliated private childcare centers across the country.
    — Sequoia Carrillo, NPR, 6 Aug. 2026
  • The deadline for new voters and unaffiliated voters to register by mail was July 24.
    — Mark Pazniokas, Hartford Courant, 3 Aug. 2026
Definition of unaffiliated
Adjective
  • The provisions have support from the Association of Inspectors General, a nonpartisan group representing thousands of inspector general staff across nearly all 50 states, which called them standard for OIG independence and adequate resources.
    — Julie Watts, CBS News, 18 Aug. 2026
  • This will kick 15 million Americans off their health insurance, according to the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office.
    — Diana DeGette, Denver Post, 16 Aug. 2026
Definition of nonpartisan

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