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Recent Examples of nonoperating Debt and other nonoperating municipal costs would rise from $24.6 million to $26.5 million. Jesse Leavenworth, courant.com, 9 Mar. 2021 Our research, published in the Journal of Finance, shows that in 2012 these corporations managed a combined portfolio of $1.6 trillion of nonoperating financial assets. Thomas Gilbert and, WSJ, 23 Aug. 2018
Recent Examples of Synonyms for nonoperating
Adjective
  • Additionally, there was no regulation preventing landings at Congonhas with an inoperative thrust reverser—even on rainy days. CENIPA, as a preventive agency, did not name those responsible.
    Isadora Wandermurem, Time, 23 Apr. 2025
  • While the thrust levers were the final straw, other contributing factors included the lack of regulations prohibiting landings at Congonhas Airport with an inoperative thrust reverser, especially under heavy rain conditions.
    Jordana Comiter, People.com, 24 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • Drivers say their contract issues center on pay as well as safety issues, including nonfunctioning heaters, loudspeakers and windshield wipers.
    Zaz Hollander, Anchorage Daily News, 4 Feb. 2023
  • In 2020, the state of Virginia passed some bills limiting pretextual traffic stops—for example, when police spot nonfunctioning brake or tail lights or hear an overly loud exhaust system.
    Michael Tomasky, The New Republic, 30 Jan. 2023
Adjective
  • Several broken waste bins were not fixed in a timely manner.
    Kathleen Wong, USA Today, 26 June 2025
  • The problem is worsened by the broken and outmoded state of the Oscars’ Best International Feature category, which lets foreign governments handpick their own submissions and launder their public images.
    David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 25 June 2025
Adjective
  • Each sensor is divided into 16 segments, and a few isolated segments are nonfunctional.
    Jonathan Corum, New York Times, 19 June 2025
  • More than 15 drainage basins in Miami-Dade alone are expected to be essentially nonfunctional with as little as two feet of sea rise.
    Alex Harris, Sun Sentinel, 12 June 2025
Adjective
  • The 30-year-old is coming off a down year in 2024, totaling 496 yards and two touchdowns in 10 appearances.
    Kevin McCormick, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 June 2025
  • Through Friday, the stock had dropped 14% in 2025, on pace for its fifth down year in a row.
    Alex Harring, CNBC, 23 June 2025
Adjective
  • The aircraft was flying south when a malfunction caused the left engine to become inoperable, a Kansas Highway Patrol crash report said.
    Nathan Pilling, Kansas City Star, 18 June 2025
  • Under cross-examination by defense lawyer Teny Geragos, Gannon agreed that many of the firearms were wrapped up in tape, not loaded and thus inoperable.
    Marlene Lenthang, NBC news, 21 May 2025

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“Nonoperating.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nonoperating. Accessed 1 Jul. 2025.

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