How to Use nongovernmental in a Sentence
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The nongovernmental organizations that, in the wild part of the camp, are stuck with all...
—Bernard-Henri Lévy, WSJ, 10 July 2020
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Of nongovernmental players, the World Bank is best placed to provide long-term support for health spending.
—Stephanie Nolen, New York Times, 22 Feb. 2025
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Salvini’s first move was to close off ports to the slew of nongovernmental groups that sail around the Mediterranean and attempt to rescue immigrants from their flimsy boats.
—Stefano Pitrelli, Washington Post, 26 Sep. 2022
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The mission to find Avolese’s B-52 bomber was the first time that the defense agency had allowed a nongovernmental partner to conduct work in Vietnam.
—BostonGlobe.com, 1 Aug. 2021
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The school, run by a nongovernmental organization, only goes to the 10th grade.
—New York Times, 27 Mar. 2021
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It was gathered over months by a team of veterans who served with Kurpasi in the Marines and a group of nongovernmental organizations that took on his case.
—Phil McCausland, NBC News, 14 Oct. 2022
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Some human rights groups and nongovernmental organizations put the death toll at twice that amount.
—Spencer Feingold, CNN, 1 Apr. 2018
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The video of the soldier leaving the house, first analyzed and shared with The Times by the nongovernmental organization Myanmar Witness, is rare evidence of troops in the act.
—Weiyi Cai, New York Times, 31 July 2023
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Then came a stroke of luck: A nongovernmental organization was giving away tickets on a special train from Odisha to Surat.
—Washington Post, 1 Apr. 2021
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It's not known whether a spouse who is a police officer would be considered nongovernmental.
—Rick Montgomery, kansascity, 13 June 2018
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People are relying on nongovernmental sources, such as like Johns Hopkins University or the media, for data on the spread of the virus.
—Julia Lane, The Conversation, 31 July 2020
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That means the volunteers, who take time off work and rely on their own money or nongovernmental funds, are a small but important addition to the overwhelmed forces.
—Alexander Ivanov and Daria Litvinova, Star Tribune, 27 July 2021
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None of the hundreds of nongovernmental organizations in Venezuela focus on abuse by priests.
—Ana Vanessa Herrero, Washington Post, 21 June 2022
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Both companies rank within the top 10 nongovernmental employers in the state.
—Russ Wiles, The Arizona Republic, 7 Sep. 2023
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Under the legislation, a nongovernmental employee would be appointed as trustee of the trust, which would have to file with the city’s ethics watchdog, the Conflicts of Interest Board.
—Katie Honan, WSJ, 24 Jan. 2019
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Gray was the sole nongovernmental witness at the hearing, testifying alone after a break in the hearing so committee members could cast a series of votes on the Senate floor.
—Jeffrey Mervis, Science | AAAS, 6 June 2019
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As a nongovernmental nonprofit, the PIDC’s executive board meets in closed session and does not publicly share its agendas.
—Jacob Adelman, Philly.com, 30 Jan. 2018
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The British nongovernmental organization is working to provide food, water and shelter for those left homeless by the blasts.
—Ruby Mellen, Washington Post, 6 Aug. 2020
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Gorilla Doctors, a nongovernmental group, has trained veterinary staff in each of the countries where the mountain gorillas live.
—Christina Larson, The Seattle Times, 14 Nov. 2018
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Volunteers in the area received some support from the nongovernmental agency Sinet-Spark, which provided sleeping bags, gloves and heavy equipment.
—Alexander Ivanov and Daria Litvinova, Star Tribune, 27 July 2021
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That's because not all counties make data available, and a nongovernmental organization cannot force them to do so.
—Peter Hepburn and Yuliya Panfil, Star Tribune, 29 Jan. 2021
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But as her classmates left to work at nongovernmental organizations around the world, Kilby remained wedded to her life and career in Virginia.
—Jonathan M. Pitts, baltimoresun.com, 22 Oct. 2021
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In the suit, the plaintiffs also say the city doesn’t have authority to transfer public parkland to a nongovernmental entity such as the Obama Foundation.
—John Byrne, chicagotribune.com, 15 May 2018
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Last year, more than 1,000 people died in lightning strikes during those four months, according to a report by a nongovernmental group that aims to reduce such fatalities.
—Joanna Slater, Washington Post, 26 June 2020
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Newsweek reached out by email to Food & Water Watch, a nongovernmental organization that advocates for healthy food and clean water, for comment.
—Dan Perry, Newsweek, 12 Feb. 2025
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Humana, headquartered in Louisville, already is one of Arizona's larger nongovernmental employers with a statewide staff of about 2,500.
—Russ Wiles, The Arizona Republic, 21 Jan. 2022
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Some protesters fear that the security laws, which will be sweeping in scope, could target unions and nongovernmental organizations, many of which formed out of last year’s protests.
—Vivian Wang, BostonGlobe.com, 30 May 2020
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Some human rights groups and nongovernmental organizations say the death toll is higher.
—CNN, 29 Mar. 2022
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CerviCusco, a nongovernmental agency in Peru, sought the assistance, the health system said in a statement.
—From Usa Today Network and Wire Reports, USA TODAY, 19 July 2021
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Last month, the Justice Department halted financial support for nongovernmental organizations to provide information and guidance to people facing deportation but restored funding after a coalition of nonprofit groups filed a federal lawsuit.
—Elliot Spagat, Los Angeles Times, 15 Feb. 2025
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