nonnegotiable

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Recent Examples of nonnegotiable My skin is super sensitive and eczema-prone, so products that keep my skin’s barrier strong and hydrated are nonnegotiable. Essence Wiley, InStyle, 11 Jan. 2026 An impassioned group of parents and alumni have spent recent months raging against what leaders have repeatedly emphasized is a nonnegotiable final decision. Jennah Pendleton, Sacbee.com, 31 Dec. 2025 Tuyu Electric Spin Scrubber Wilson thinks an electric power scrubber, like this one, is nonnegotiable for households. Rylee Johnston, PEOPLE, 29 Dec. 2025 Certain accommodations don't have private bathrooms, so be sure to book a Frontier Cabin if a shower is nonnegotiable. Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 27 Dec. 2025 See All Example Sentences for nonnegotiable
Recent Examples of Synonyms for nonnegotiable
Adjective
  • Privacy advocates have warned about the risks of identity verification like World’s, as iris scans are unchangeable and could cause all manner of havoc in the wrong hands.
    Danielle Chemtob, Forbes.com, 29 Jan. 2026
  • On his first day back in office, Trump signed an executive order proclaiming that the U.S. recognizes only two unchangeable sexes, male and female.
    Zach Schonfeld, The Hill, 13 Jan. 2026
Adjective
  • With Super Bowl Sunday just about here, hosts across America are pulling together grocery lists and final preparations for game day.
    Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 7 Feb. 2026
  • Murillo’s injury had come right at the end of Forest’s final training session ahead of this game.
    Paul Taylor, New York Times, 7 Feb. 2026
Adjective
  • The film makes clear that the organization is exclusively the province of white, Anglo-Saxon men, and possible initiates are only tapped when the small, fixed group of existing members die.
    Gary Baum, HollywoodReporter, 3 Feb. 2026
  • There’s little the central bank can do about that because fixed mortgage rates, specifically, don’t directly track the Fed but typically follow the lead of long-term Treasury rates.
    Jessica Dickler, CNBC, 28 Jan. 2026
Adjective
  • Last year Republicans passed legislation to reduce spending on federal health programs and food assistance, largely by imposing work requirements on people receiving aid and by shifting certain costs onto the states.
    Ali Swenson, Fortune, 7 Feb. 2026
  • Late last year, shareholders voted to approve a new pay package that could be worth $1 trillion, paid out in 12 tranches, if Tesla hits certain milestones, including market cap gains and operational achievements, over the next decade.
    Robert Frank,Lora Kolodny, CNBC, 7 Feb. 2026
Adjective
  • Given the themes of mental illness and its treatments, those who follow meditation may note the allusion to the Blue Sky practice, where thoughts and emotions are seen as passing clouds against the backdrop of a constant, unchanging blue sky that represents the mind.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 2 Feb. 2026
  • What a transformation that would’ve been, of the effortful, unchanging days.
    Nell Freudenberger, Harpers Magazine, 27 Jan. 2026
Adjective
  • One hard-and-fast rule to live by in this case?
    Stacia Datskovska, Footwear News, 26 Jan. 2026
  • But even in the absence of hard-and-fast rules and guardrails on how AI can be used in schools, education policymakers identified a number of ethical concerns raised by the technology’s spread, including student safety, data privacy and negative impacts on student learning.
    Janice Mak, The Conversation, 22 Jan. 2026
Adjective
  • Of course the categories may overlap, but many of the young people in Astoria or Ridgewood-Bushwick have grown up in their parents’ homes in more settled parts of the city.
    Dan Gooding, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2025
  • Erin Simkin—Netflix Advertisement Under Konner and Kaplan, Nobody Wants This has grown into a more settled and expansive show.
    Esther Zuckerman, Time, 21 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • Inmates were served oatmeal and frozen meals, and employees were told to give them just one blanket, multiple sources said.
    Rob Picheta, CNN Money, 7 Feb. 2026
  • Incorporate fresh or frozen berries into baked goods like pancakes, muffins, and quick breads.
    Sarah Bradley, Health, 6 Feb. 2026

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“Nonnegotiable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nonnegotiable. Accessed 13 Feb. 2026.

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