nonnegotiable

Example Sentences

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What quickly became nonnegotiable was the fact that no princely state could go rogue and assert its own independence.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 30, 2026

All of this makes medical care a nonnegotiable, highly expensive commodity.

From MarketWatch • Jan. 26, 2026

Hochul’s embrace of nuclear power acknowledges what grid operators have long understood: firmly reliable, zero-emission baseload capacity is a nonnegotiable in order to achieve decarbonization and affordability in energy.

From Barron's • Nov. 18, 2025

They spend an average of 3.7 hours per week on necessary caregiving, like changing diapers; dads without a college degree do just 1.9 hours per week of that kind of nonnegotiable labor.

From Slate • Sep. 13, 2025

And everyone brushed their teeth for at least a minute—that’s one of my mom’s nonnegotiable rules.

From "The Benefits of Being an Octopus" by Ann Braden