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Recent Examples of nonstarter
Analysts argued the deal would be a nonstarter even before Zelensky’s public denunciation of any territorial concessions.
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Brady Knox, The Washington Examiner, 9 Aug. 2025
After much delay, the Kremlin's memorandum turned out to be a list of its longstanding, maximalist demands that Kyiv and its Western allies dismissed as nonstarters.
—Chris Boccia, ABC News, 8 Aug. 2025
Too bad 2016's epic nonstarter bungles its smash-up with spinoff teases, Iron Man 2's government-oversight plot, and whatever Lois Lane (Amy Adams) is doing with that bullet.
—Devan Coggan, EW.com, 3 Aug. 2025
But that has been a nonstarter for many Republicans, both from within the House and among party activists.
—John C. Moritz, Austin American Statesman, 30 July 2025
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Brady Knox, The Washington Examiner, 9 Aug. 2025
After much delay, the Kremlin's memorandum turned out to be a list of its longstanding, maximalist demands that Kyiv and its Western allies dismissed as nonstarters.
—Chris Boccia, ABC News, 8 Aug. 2025
Too bad 2016's epic nonstarter bungles its smash-up with spinoff teases, Iron Man 2's government-oversight plot, and whatever Lois Lane (Amy Adams) is doing with that bullet.
—Devan Coggan, EW.com, 3 Aug. 2025
But that has been a nonstarter for many Republicans, both from within the House and among party activists.
—John C. Moritz, Austin American Statesman, 30 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for nonstarter
Noun
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The houseguests then voted between the two comp losers, and when Julie announced the results, Will was evicted by a vote of 3-2 and became the season’s second jury member.—
Nick Caruso,
TVLine,
11 Sep. 2025
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Instead of scrolling Twitter, read something about a cranky, divorced loser, like The Invisibility Cloak by Ge Fei, and translated by Canaan Morse.—
James Folta,
Literary Hub,
10 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Just as social media makes legacy media apparatus look sluggish by comparison, prediction markets expose traditional polls and surveys for being tainted by bias (see the 2016 Clinton fiasco).—
Atharva Gosavi,
Interesting Engineering,
17 Sep. 2025
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Long ago, most normal people concluded that this fiasco should be abandoned.—
Steve Forbes,
Forbes.com,
17 Sep. 2025
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The storm also left people trapped in seven vehicles on nearby roads after overflowing creeks caused washouts, deputies said.—
Don Sweeney,
Sacbee.com,
9 Sep. 2025
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Because of semaglutide's long washout period, treatment should also be stopped at least two months before a planned pregnancy.—
Daniella Gray,
MSNBC Newsweek,
9 Sep. 2025
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Bureau staff were told the group itself, already gutted as part of mass layoffs at the State Department in July, would refocus on migration diplomacy and disaster response rather than its traditional refugee focus.—
Ted Hesson,
USA Today,
12 Sep. 2025
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That question frames an episode that opens not with battle, but with the kind of stillness that comes before disaster.—
JP Mangalindan,
Time,
12 Sep. 2025
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Styled with chic flip flops, Howie's woman demonstrates that kicking back on a getaway can also be a style statement.—
Roxanne Robinson,
Forbes.com,
13 Sep. 2025
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The Bachelor and its spinoffs have been in a flop era for quite some time now.—
Olivia Crandall,
Vulture,
10 Sep. 2025
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The bunt, however, might have been a sign that the Angels were starting fresh after playing a debacle of a game fundamentally the night before.—
Jeff Fletcher,
Oc Register,
10 Sep. 2025
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There’s enough blame to fill what’s left of the world’s melting glaciers after this debacle of an opener in which the Dolphins were dominated, 33-8, by a mediocre Colts team and looks further from contention than any time this decade.—
Barry Jackson,
Miami Herald,
7 Sep. 2025
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Afterward, Mitchell became the editor of Nuclear Times, the disarmament magazine, despite having no nuclear background other than some extravagant atomic-bomb drills in junior high in the fifties.—
Zach Helfand,
New Yorker,
15 Sep. 2025
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Drills started with a massive bang when several Russian fighter jets came streaking in at a low level, dropping bombs on mock targets.—
Frederik Pleitgen,
CNN Money,
15 Sep. 2025
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Nº Green, a citrusy blend of bergamot, pink lemon, and orange blossom, keeps us the freshest of all six scents in the collection.—
Sophia Panych,
Allure,
16 Sep. 2025
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Add the wine, lemon juice and a generous pinch of salt and black pepper.—
Lynda Balslev,
Mercury News,
16 Sep. 2025
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“Nonstarter.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nonstarter. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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