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Recent Examples of negotiable Here are etiquette rules that professional minders of Ps and Qs say might be negotiable these days. Hallie Milstein, Southern Living, 21 Nov. 2024 Why This Hack Is Dangerous The height requirements put into place for rides are not negotiable. Tanay Howard, Parents, 12 Aug. 2024 Agents must also make clear in this contract that broker commissions are fully negotiable, a change that consumer advocates hope will drive commissions—and prices—down. Alana Semuels, TIME, 5 Aug. 2024 The rate, which is always negotiable, is typically in the 5% to 6% range, with the fee split between the listing agent and the buyer’s agent. Lew Sichelman, Miami Herald, 22 July 2024 See all Example Sentences for negotiable 
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Adjective
  • The agency works to ensure all the world’s seas, oceans and navigable waters are surveyed and charted uniformly, and also names some of them.
    Ashleigh Fields, The Hill, 21 Jan. 2025
  • In the Arctic, two shipping lanes are navigable during the summer — Northwest Passage or Northern Sea Route (which transits Canada and the U.S.) and Northeast Passage (which follows the Russian Arctic coast and continues into Europe).
    Deena Zaidi, Quartz, 16 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • Nevertheless, this position is legally questionable.
    Alden Abbott, Forbes, 17 Jan. 2025
  • Carter was questionable because of left shoulder soreness.
    Jason Anderson, Sacramento Bee, 17 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • Whether Chappelle needed this advice or not is debatable, given that Chappelle is undoubtedly a seasoned performer.
    Justin Gest, Newsweek, 20 Jan. 2025
  • Whether the park in St. Pete still could open by 2028 is debatable.
    Ken Rosenthal, The Athletic, 17 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • Ultimately, the debate over the ability of malicious hackers to trigger a continent-wide blackout is moot and a distraction from the issue that really matters.
    Dan Goodin, Ars Technica, 23 Jan. 2025
  • Ultimately, this debate is moot if Struijk’s midweek scan shows his hamstring tendon is not damaged.
    Beren Cross, The Athletic, 19 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • Natural saltwater pearls are arguable the rarest gems in the world.
    Anthony DeMarco, Forbes, 2 Dec. 2024
  • Lanthimos is many things — a champion absurdist, an arguable nihilist, an occasional edgelord, and an artist who has maintained a decidedly Euro sensibility despite having worked in English with Hollywood actors since 2015.
    Alison Willmore, Vulture, 30 Aug. 2024

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“Negotiable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/negotiable. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.

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