How to Use noncontroversial in a Sentence
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At the time, says Haddad, the idea seemed noncontroversial.
—Yoni Wilkenfeld, Quartz, 6 Nov. 2019
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And, of course, a noncontroversial theology of the Eucharist that all can sign off on.
—WSJ, 27 June 2021
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The board’s 90-minute meeting was mostly quick and noncontroversial, but tension over Wilcox’s hires emerged at the end, when board members gave their reports.
—Ann Doss Helms, charlotteobserver, 26 July 2017
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Each was noncontroversial and received far more than the 60 votes necessary to be added to the legislation.
—BostonGlobe.com, 2 Aug. 2021
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Democrats voted for many of the bills anyway, which were largely noncontroversial.
—Andrew Oxford, azcentral, 19 May 2020
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The House approved both measures by voice vote under suspension of the rules, a method for fast-tracking noncontroversial bills.
—chicagotribune.com, 6 Feb. 2018
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The issue seemingly is noncontroversial, at least in D.C., where all of Todd's council colleagues signed on as co-sponsors to his bill.
—Kate Gibson, CBS News, 10 July 2019
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About a dozen hard-line GOP members voted with all Democrats to block a routine, noncontroversial measure called a rule, prompting party leaders to then cancel votes for the rest of the day.
—Siobhan Hughes, WSJ, 10 Jan. 2024
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To millions of parents, this no doubt sounds noncontroversial.
—The Editorial Board, WSJ, 11 Mar. 2022
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The American public largely views the mail favorably, as a public good, and a noncontroversial part of daily life.
—Rachel Leingang, The Arizona Republic, 1 July 2020
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But that didn’t make all those decisions easy or noncontroversial.
—Gerald F. Seib, WSJ, 21 Mar. 2022
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Those typically noncontroversial proposals have a fast track to the House floor and may bypass the House Rules Committee.
—Emily Brooks, Washington Examiner, 20 Apr. 2021
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In August, the request landed before the City Council — on the consent calendar, home to noncontroversial items.
—Teri Figueroa, sandiegouniontribune.com, 14 Oct. 2017
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Today, the idea of someone celebrating their birthday is noncontroversial, but in the decades when the tradition was still new, some groups resisted it.
—Joe Pinsker, The Atlantic, 2 Nov. 2021
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But these are mostly noncontroversial bills that do things like bestow honors, rename a post office or erect statues.
—Karim Doumar, ProPublica, 17 Oct. 2022
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Larson added ominously, raising the prospect that House members could kill dozens of noncontroversial Senate bills.
—Patrick Svitek, star-telegram, 23 May 2017
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Courtney said a bipartisan bill like Zeldin’s should be attractive to both the Senate and Trump because of its noncontroversial nature.
—Gregory B. Hladky, courant.com, 1 Aug. 2017
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The House approved both measures by voice vote under suspension of the rules, a method for fast-tracking noncontroversial bills that requires two-thirds of lawmakers' support for passage.
—Author: Elise Viebeck, Jenna Portnoy, Anchorage Daily News, 6 Feb. 2018
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The hard-right lawmakers angry about the debt ceiling deal froze the House for a week in June by blocking procedural votes on noncontroversial legislation.
—Moriah Balingit, Washington Post, 26 Sep. 2023
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But with strong support from both parties, proponents were able to muster the two-thirds majority necessary to speed it through the House under special fast-track rules for noncontroversial bills.
—Karoun Demirjian, New York Times, 14 Dec. 2023
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The duration of the temporary funding measure or what noncontroversial items might ride along haven't been settled, aides say, and the Pelosi spokesman declined to further characterize the agreement.
—Andrew Taylor, Star Tribune, 3 Sep. 2020
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Many of the 260 bills lawmakers introduced this year were noncontroversial and passed with little-to-no opposition.
—Gordon R. Friedman, OregonLive.com, 3 Mar. 2018
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Experts believe that politics is expected to seep into a race that used to be noncontroversial.
—al, 6 Feb. 2022
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Yet House progressives took even this noncontroversial bill hostage.
—The Editorial Board, WSJ, 28 June 2019
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Many seem to be drawn in at first by concerns about child trafficking—a real and fairly noncontroversial problem that looks much different in practice than in the Q imagination, which has weaponized it.
—Kaitlyn Tiffany, The Atlantic, 18 Aug. 2020
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That is an argument that should be noncontroversial but has become somewhat taboo in elite cultural left circles.
—Razib Khan, National Review, 12 Sep. 2020
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Idaho's governor last week signed into law a bill whose purpose, at face value, is noncontroversial.
—Alia Wong, USA TODAY, 13 May 2021
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Amendments 5 and 6 make noncontroversial changes to property tax breaks.
—Skyler Swisher, sun-sentinel.com, 18 Sep. 2020
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Based on that hearing, which was short and noncontroversial, McKinney is likely to be easily confirmed.
—Maureen Groppe, Indianapolis Star, 19 Sep. 2017
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Saturday’s public displays of anger began as the House, working its first weekend day of the session, took up dozens of noncontroversial measures of the chamber’s local and consent calendar.
—Alex Briseno, Dallas News, 8 May 2021
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