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
  • In a final battle, the Darksaber is destroyed, Gideon and his clones are seemingly killed, and the newly united Mandalorians settle back on Mandalore.
    Brendan Morrow, USA Today, 16 May 2026
  • Some see this as a way of making the World Cup final more accessible, leveraging it to a wider audience and taking the sport’s biggest moment to a higher level.
    Ben Church, CNN Money, 15 May 2026
Adjective
  • Keeping a strict and fixed watering schedule.
    Ashley Chalmers, The Spruce, 16 May 2026
  • Rita Rae is a heart transplant survivor and lives on a fixed income.
    Marvin Hurst, CBS News, 9 May 2026
Adjective
  • Only in a certain light was the dent visible.
    Weike Wang, New Yorker, 17 May 2026
  • Barker said the scene, in its original cut, was significantly more intense, ultimately forcing him to pull back on certain elements in order to avoid the restrictive rating.
    Scott Shilstone, Deadline, 16 May 2026
Adjective
  • 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
  • The images are a clear demonstration of how Mars is far more geologically alive than our almost unchanging moon.
    Keith Cooper, Space.com, 23 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
  • The atmosphere around the club is unstable heading into the biggest fixture of the domestic season, while Barcelona appear calm, settled and confident.
    Dean Jones, New York Times, 10 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
  • The Rum Shack pool bar served frozen drinks that paired well with a soundtrack of reggae music throughout the deck.
    Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 16 May 2026
  • Crispy bacon adds richness to fast-cooking fresh tortellini, balanced with the bright flavor of frozen peas.
    Elizabeth Nelson, Southern Living, 15 May 2026

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“Nonnegotiable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nonnegotiable. Accessed 21 May. 2026.

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