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Recent Examples of negotiable Few people realise that the $640 million in negotiable bearer bonds Hans so desperately wanted was needed to fund his vinyl addiction. Chris Haslam, Wired News, 23 May 2025 Among them: Agents must inform buyers and sellers that their fees are negotiable. Laurel Wamsley, NPR, 21 May 2025 Taste, though not disputable, is certainly negotiable. Adam Gopnik, New Yorker, 19 May 2025 City finance officials say the deepest cuts fall on libraries and parks because some city expenses are not negotiable, like the annual pension payment, and others are a higher priority, like public safety and infrastructure. David Garrick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for negotiable
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Adjective
  • The loss of Ehlers is navigable, but Winnipeg has to replace his offence.
    Murat Ates, New York Times, 2 July 2025
  • Ticket Information Thames Tunnel/Brunel Museum The Thames Tunnel was the world’s first passage built through soft ground beneath a navigable river.
    Joseph V Micallef, Forbes.com, 28 June 2025
Adjective
  • The hardcore wipe in Escape From Tarkov got off to a rough start, with some questionable decisions or simple oversights that really hampered the player experience.
    Mike Stubbs, Forbes.com, 15 July 2025
  • With questionable Dolphins secondary, can better pass rush make up for the back end?
    Chris Perkins, Sun Sentinel, 15 July 2025
Adjective
  • Trump’s remarks targeting wind and solar are certainly debatable, but the direction of energy and climate policy in his second presidency is well beyond any real doubt.
    David Blackmon, Forbes.com, 9 July 2025
  • But whether those are true All-Star-caliber numbers is certainly debatable — and the MLB selection did not take into account the issue of his health.
    Jon Vankin, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 July 2025
Adjective
  • Essentially, that made all else moot, overshadowing another uninspiring effort by center Kel’el Ware, as well as quality Heat contributions from Pelle Larsson and Javonte Cooke.
    Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 11 July 2025
  • After last month’s Israeli and American military strikes, including Israel’s targeting of Iran’s senior nuclear scientists, that historical issue is now moot.
    John R. Bolton, The Atlantic, 9 July 2025
Adjective
  • Obama has now been succeeded twice by his arguable antithesis, Donald Trump, ...
    Jack Butler, National Review, 15 June 2025
  • But certifying who gets to participate in the lawsuit can take months or years, while a policy and its arguable harms would survive.
    Bart Jansen, USA Today, 18 May 2025

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“Negotiable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/negotiable. Accessed 19 Jul. 2025.

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