nonconforming
Example Sentences
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But Mr. Musk’s success was because he was crazy and did things that were nonconforming before they weren’t.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 18, 2026
About that record: Let’s be crystal clear that trans and gender nonconforming people were crucial to the Stonewall rebellion—as were lesbians and gay men, and even some straight people.
From Slate ● Feb. 16, 2025
Gen. Rob Bonta has condemned similar “forced outing” policies approved last year by school boards in Temecula and Murrieta, calling them harmful to the safety and well-being of transgender and gender nonconforming youth.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 2, 2024
The proposal would define that to include women, people of color, those with disabilities, military veterans, people adhering to particular religious beliefs and people who are lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, nonbinary or gender nonconforming.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 19, 2024
—Scottish Divine and poet, was b. near Cornhill, Northumberland, where his f., a man of ancient Scottish family, was, for the time, a nonconforming minister.
From A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. (John William) Cousin
