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Recent Examples of nonoperational
The planning process involved restructuring the company’s advisory board, transitioning longtime employees into nonoperational roles, and building a younger, more collaborative executive committee.
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Ritu Upadhyay, WWD, 23 Dec. 2024
The county denied that any polling locations were nonoperational, acknowledged issues, but claimed most were resolved by 11:30 a.m.
—Arlyssa D. Becenti, The Arizona Republic, 5 Nov. 2024
Previously, the drones only flew during nonoperational hours.
—Emma Roth, The Verge, 16 Aug. 2024
Historically, nations at war have tended to attack nonoperational reactors rather than live ones because of radiation concerns.
—Bennett Ramberg, Foreign Affairs, 28 Aug. 2017
Following the tour, the Medicare billing privileges for 46 nonoperational hospices were revoked.
—Ava Kofman, ProPublica, 25 Jan. 2024
Those cost estimates do not reflect a total restoration of the indoor pools, which have been nonoperational for several years.
—Beth Mlady, cleveland, 12 May 2022
There's no evidence the hospital was a nonoperational facility used by Azov fighters for military purposes, as social media posts and Russian officials have claimed.
—Mckenzie Sadeghi, USA TODAY, 15 Mar. 2022
Also on Friday in Maryland, Brandon Fitzgerald-Holley pleaded guilty to using a nonoperational nonprofit to obtain coronavirus relief funds.
—Washington Post, 3 Dec. 2021
Ritu Upadhyay, WWD, 23 Dec. 2024
The county denied that any polling locations were nonoperational, acknowledged issues, but claimed most were resolved by 11:30 a.m.
—Arlyssa D. Becenti, The Arizona Republic, 5 Nov. 2024
Previously, the drones only flew during nonoperational hours.
—Emma Roth, The Verge, 16 Aug. 2024
Historically, nations at war have tended to attack nonoperational reactors rather than live ones because of radiation concerns.
—Bennett Ramberg, Foreign Affairs, 28 Aug. 2017
Following the tour, the Medicare billing privileges for 46 nonoperational hospices were revoked.
—Ava Kofman, ProPublica, 25 Jan. 2024
Those cost estimates do not reflect a total restoration of the indoor pools, which have been nonoperational for several years.
—Beth Mlady, cleveland, 12 May 2022
There's no evidence the hospital was a nonoperational facility used by Azov fighters for military purposes, as social media posts and Russian officials have claimed.
—Mckenzie Sadeghi, USA TODAY, 15 Mar. 2022
Also on Friday in Maryland, Brandon Fitzgerald-Holley pleaded guilty to using a nonoperational nonprofit to obtain coronavirus relief funds.
—Washington Post, 3 Dec. 2021
Recent Examples of Synonyms for nonoperational
Adjective
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Perhaps most notably, both sides deploy decoy vehicles—either inoperative derelicts or inflatable fakes—to draw enemy fire away from real vehicles.—
David Axe,
Forbes,
31 Oct. 2024
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In wartime, however, the calculus changes, because most of the costs are inoperative.—
William C. Wohlforth,
Foreign Affairs,
22 June 2021
Adjective
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When heading out to look for lamps, take a lightbulb along to test them in-store, but also consider rewiring nonfunctional pieces.—
Jennifer Prince,
Southern Living,
4 Jan. 2025
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Space junk consists of nonfunctional satellites, spent rocket stages, and fragments resulting from satellite collisions and explosions.—
David Faris,
Newsweek,
28 Dec. 2024
Adjective
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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
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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
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Eason had been inactive from December 19 until January 15, missing games 27 through 39, due to lower leg soreness in the same leg that required surgery last March.—
Rahat Huq,
Forbes,
19 Jan. 2025
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While some vaccines use a weakened or inactive virus to stimulate an immune response, mRNA vaccines teach the body how to make proteins that can trigger an immune response and fight off an infection.—
Youri Benadjaoud,
ABC News,
17 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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In many cases, similar or better results can be achieved using options including multidisciplinary care that includes an expert nonoperative physician, physical therapy and lifestyle interventions.—
Greg Licholai,
Forbes,
22 Jan. 2022
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Another call came in about the handrail, then a call about an emergency-exit gate at Fort Hamilton Parkway with a nonoperative magnet.—
Andy Newman,
New York Times,
17 Mar. 2020
Adjective
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There is a broken down vehicle on US-69 from 135th Street to Blue Valley Parkway.—
Kansas City Star Bot,
Kansas City Star,
21 Jan. 2025
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More than 250 were injured and taken to nine Baltimore hospitals, suffering abrasions, head injuries and broken bones.—
Mike Klingaman,
Baltimore Sun,
21 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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Debt and other nonoperating municipal costs would rise from $24.6 million to $26.5 million.—
Jesse Leavenworth,
courant.com,
9 Mar. 2021
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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
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“Nonoperational.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nonoperational. Accessed 2 Feb. 2025.
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