nonstarter
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Not everything on Mr. Jeffries’s list of demands is a nonstarter.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 25, 2026
So the idea that companies are all going to double their sales, doubling real GDP per capita, in short order, is a nonstarter.
From MarketWatch • Oct. 29, 2025
The case shows that smuggling its chips "is a nonstarter," an Nvidia spokesperson said.
From BBC • Aug. 6, 2025
He said that the program would’ve been a nonstarter without permitted carts, and that its success shows the immense need for ones that can easily be approved by the county as soon as possible.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 6, 2024
It never occurred to me that the bug-out would be a nonstarter.
From "Dry" by Neal Shusterman and Jarrod Shusterman
Vocabulary lists containing nonstarter
Florida's B.E.S.T. Common Prefixes: non-
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