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Recent Examples of nonoperating Debt and other nonoperating municipal costs would rise from $24.6 million to $26.5 million. Jesse Leavenworth, courant.com, 9 Mar. 2021 Our research, published in the Journal of Finance, shows that in 2012 these corporations managed a combined portfolio of $1.6 trillion of nonoperating financial assets. Thomas Gilbert and, WSJ, 23 Aug. 2018
Recent Examples of Synonyms for nonoperating
Adjective
  • At the same time, Israel has acted to render what is left of Assad’s navy inoperative.
    Bassem Eid, New York Daily News, 2 Jan. 2025
  • Although there several election ballot scanners were inoperative at multiple polling locations in Cambria County in Pennsylvania, no widespread voting problems had been reported by the late afternoon.
    Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 6 Nov. 2024
Adjective
  • Drivers say their contract issues center on pay as well as safety issues, including nonfunctioning heaters, loudspeakers and windshield wipers.
    Zaz Hollander, Anchorage Daily News, 4 Feb. 2023
  • In 2020, the state of Virginia passed some bills limiting pretextual traffic stops—for example, when police spot nonfunctioning brake or tail lights or hear an overly loud exhaust system.
    Michael Tomasky, The New Republic, 30 Jan. 2023
Adjective
  • Ren has trouble adjusting to the woman Olivia has become and still sees her as a broken girl, leading to resentment and distance between mother and daughter.
    Emily McClanathan, Chicago Tribune, 3 Apr. 2025
  • This was mostly used when the group was building night nests—platforms made high in the trees out of broken branches, sometimes lined with leaves.
    ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 3 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • The United Nations reports that more than 60 percent of homes have been destroyed and 95 percent of hospitals are nonfunctional.
    Alan Taylor, The Atlantic, 27 Mar. 2025
  • At least as of right now, the Audible app on her phone remains nonfunctional for reasons that are beyond me, but with luck—and a bit of ongoing care and maintenance for the server in the closet where this stuff all lives now—neither of us will ever have to deal with that app again.
    Ars Technica, Ars Technica, 14 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • The 2019 second-round pick — Washington’s general manager Adam Peters helped make the selection — is coming off a down season but offers significant yards-after-the-catch potential.
    Ben Standig, New York Times, 11 Apr. 2025
  • During down moments, Ferreira, Einesman, and Lentz would pull an actor aside to review the mechanics of aprocedure to create the right physicality.
    Chris O'Falt, IndieWire, 10 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • As many as 85 valves made by the company failed at two south state stations, along with other equipment, leading them to be frequently inoperable, the complaint says .
    Sharon Bernstein, Sacramento Bee, 13 Mar. 2025
  • The ransomware attack affected 30 MGM Resort properties causing immediate tremendous disruption that lasted for nine days with guests’ digital key cards inoperable, locking them out of their rooms, as well as affecting slot machines, ATMs and check in systems.
    Steve Weisman, Forbes, 12 Mar. 2025

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“Nonoperating.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nonoperating. Accessed 17 Apr. 2025.

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