nonnegotiable

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Recent Examples of nonnegotiable Cleanliness and food safety are nonnegotiable for us. Rachel Bernhard, jsonline.com, 23 Mar. 2026 Mealtimes are often nonnegotiable with kids, so a little advance planning to bring a meal or snacks can make this alternate timing work in your favor. Peyton Roberts, Travel + Leisure, 12 Mar. 2026 Education was nonnegotiable in their household. J.m. Banks march 3, Kansas City Star, 3 Mar. 2026 Khamenei treated the relationship between the state and its citizens not as a social contract but as a predatory lease—nonnegotiable, imposed by the landlord, long since expired. Karim Sadjadpour, The Atlantic, 28 Feb. 2026 See All Example Sentences for nonnegotiable
Recent Examples of Synonyms for nonnegotiable
Adjective
  • Families can also create irrevocable trusts to remove countable assets towards Medicaid qualification, but remember, irrevocable trusts are usually unchangeable.
    Medora Lee, USA Today, 9 May 2026
  • Policies Vary by Location As generous as Aldi’s approach can be, there are a few places where the rules are solid and unchangeable.
    Jessica Safavimehr, Southern Living, 22 Apr. 2026
Adjective
  • Arsenal fans flock to final Few people understand Arsenal’s global fanbase like Smith – a man who has fostered a community of listeners from around the world from his home in the United States.
    Ben Church, CNN Money, 30 May 2026
  • Ogwumike’s clutch shot was needed because the Sparks (4-3) squandered an eight-point lead in the final 4½ minutes.
    Daily News, Daily News, 30 May 2026
Adjective
  • Retirees generally live on a fixed income.
    Daniel de Visé, USA Today, 6 June 2026
  • This drove up payments to charter schools by more than 3,000% from 1999 to 2014 and diverted funds away from district schools that still needed to maintain fixed costs, such as utilities, staffing and building improvements.
    Julia McWilliams, The Conversation, 4 June 2026
Adjective
  • Recently, the Urban Summit was instrumental in urging the Kansas City Council to approve an ordinance that banned the sale of mini liquor bottles in certain parts of the city.
    Freddrell Green, Kansas City Star, 7 June 2026
  • Everybody knows that there’ll be certain parts that are doing okay, but a large part of the society in North Korea is very poor.
    Andrew McNicol, CNN Money, 7 June 2026
Adjective
  • The game’s newest major champion represents a refreshing and unchanging sense of self, bred by memories like those back in Wolverhampton, England.
    Gabby Herzig, New York Times, 18 May 2026
  • Through some creative circuitry, chip-scale EPR reverses this setup—using a simple magnet to create an unchanging field and sweeping through a band of oscillation frequencies.
    IEEE Spectrum, IEEE Spectrum, 30 Apr. 2026
Adjective
  • There’s no hard-and-fast rule on how physically close a witness should be under recall status, and these restrictions are up to a judge.
    Frank Landymore, Futurism, 14 May 2026
  • There are no hard-and-fast rules on how to log a home run or whether a circus catch ought to be recorded as more than an out.
    Jacob Feldman, Sportico.com, 24 Apr. 2026
Adjective
  • City’s squad had looked very settled but several players are expected to leave, including some like Nico Gonzalez and possibly Tijjani Reijnders, who only joined in the last 12-18 months.
    Sam Lee, New York Times, 29 May 2026
  • Jacobs launched Marc by Marc Jacobs in 2001, cementing his eventual status as a fashion mogul — and, at moments throughout his career, as a kind of enfant terrible who, as it’s shown in this documentary, has cooled down a bit, more settled and reflective in his late career.
    Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 26 Feb. 2026
Adjective
  • Your frozen pizza is already topped with a nice blanket of cheese, but there's no such thing as too much!
    Lizzy Briskin, Better Homes & Gardens, 29 May 2026
  • In the frozen food section, Deep Brands is serving Asian flavors to a diverse customer base that reflects the country, not just an Asian population, according to General Manager Kiernan Laughlin.
    Laya Neelakandan, CNBC, 29 May 2026

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“Nonnegotiable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nonnegotiable. Accessed 11 Jun. 2026.

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