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Recent Examples of negotiable When politicians control the pen, representation becomes negotiable. Matt Klink, Oc Register, 6 Sep. 2025 That’s a non-negotiable for me. Thomas Schlachter, CNN Money, 6 Sep. 2025 Some funeral expenses aren’t negotiable, though, including transporting the body, reserving the facility and booking the service. Liz Knueven, CNBC, 25 Aug. 2025 Pitch: In a world of rising authoritarian politics and policies, the filmmaker presents the story of a newspaper as a textbook for resistance, reminding us that democratic and empathic values are not negotiable. Leo Barraclough, Variety, 14 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for negotiable
Recent Examples of Synonyms for negotiable
Adjective
  • Most of the dredges are privately owned and primarily located on the East Coast, which has more navigable rivers and harbors than the West Coast.
    Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Sep. 2025
  • Recovery plans to locate and retrieve the hatch are under development, but its exact location and potential impact on the navigable channel remain unknown.
    Glenn Taylor, Sourcing Journal, 19 Aug. 2025
Adjective
  • Of all the questionable advice pinging around social media platforms, this one really stinks—literally.
    Ashleigh N. DeLuca, Parents, 16 Sep. 2025
  • The Chargers said initially that Mack was questionable to return due to an elbow injury, but was downgraded to out after he was seen on the sideline with his pads off and his arm in a sling.
    Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 16 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • That time, a very disputable foul denied him.
    Matt Woosnam, New York Times, 18 Aug. 2025
Adjective
  • Whether their intentions are praiseworthy is debatable.
    Robert Goulder, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
  • The game's overall quality is debatable; what isn't is its profound impact on pro football.
    Jim Reineking, USA Today, 29 Aug. 2025
Adjective
  • With eight ranked opponents remaining on Florida’s schedule, this all might be moot.
    Noah White, Miami Herald, 10 Sep. 2025
  • With his siblings no longer able to block him, that Lachlan concern is now moot — while the same business pressures remain.
    Andy Meek, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • The reality check is that there is an arguable box office ceiling to certain pieces of IP (Batman and Spider-Man will always gross more than Superman), not to mention, the more FOMO fever surrounding a title the better, hence one of the reasons why Superman outgrossed Fantastic Four.
    Anthony D'Alessandro, Deadline, 1 Sep. 2025
  • Starship is a considerably more complex vehicle and arguable deserves even more grace as SpaceX and its engineers iterate and undertake a dramatic and explosive trial and error process in full view of the public.
    Eric Mack, Forbes.com, 25 Aug. 2025

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“Negotiable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/negotiable. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.

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