nonnegotiable

Example Sentences

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When you pressure people with massive, nonnegotiable expenses—energy costs 70% above the U.S. average and the nation’s seventh-highest median home prices—they have to cut costs in other ways.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 31, 2026

As someone who toured the world playing bass for Third Eye Blind, top-tier sound was a nonnegotiable for Leo.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 23, 2026

But as some point out, other extras may be nonnegotiable, making the bare-bones economy fare not a feasible option.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 10, 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

But he did insist, in nonnegotiable language, that it was “a necessary evil.”

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis