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Recent Examples of nonoperating Debt and other nonoperating municipal costs would rise from $24.6 million to $26.5 million. Jesse Leavenworth, courant.com, 9 Mar. 2021 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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for nonoperating
Adjective
  • Although there several election ballot scanners were inoperative at multiple polling locations in Cambria County in Pennsylvania, no widespread voting problems had been reported by the late afternoon.
    Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 6 Nov. 2024
  • The undercover sources were with him every step of the way, picking him up from his home, traveling to Nashville, and providing him with inoperative explosives, prosecutors said.
    Kerry Breen, CBS News, 5 Nov. 2024
Adjective
  • 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
  • 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
  • Tight end Charlie Kolar suffered a broken arm in Monday night’s win over the Chargers in Los Angeles, coach John Harbaugh confirmed Wednesday.
    Brian Wacker, Baltimore Sun, 27 Nov. 2024
  • But 18-month-old Pluto was found nearby with minor injuries, as well as Whiskey, who dug a hole in the snow despite having two broken legs.
    Calvin Milliner, ABC News, 27 Nov. 2024
Adjective
  • Photo: Max Burkhalter The Brooklyn home of designer Ellen Van Dusen shows that even a nonfunctional fireplace can be on fire, figuratively speaking.
    Yelena Moroz Alpert, Architectural Digest, 20 Nov. 2024
  • The shop has been closed since at least 2022 and the roasting business now appears dormant, its website nonfunctional.
    Ray Stern, The Arizona Republic, 16 Oct. 2024
Adjective
  • Crowds gathered to watch and celebrate as workers cut the down the Rockefeller Christmas Tree in West Stockbridge, Massachusetts on Thursday.
    Taylor Ardrey, USA TODAY, 8 Nov. 2024
  • Those percentages waned with each down ballot and amendment issue.
    Letters to the Editor, Orlando Sentinel, 7 Nov. 2024
Adjective
  • Wind and rain were still whipping hard, and now cellphone service had ceased, making their map apps inoperable.
    Chris Kenning, USA TODAY, 30 Oct. 2024
  • With this ruling, the frustration over inoperable ice cream dispensers may soon end.
    Francisco Velasquez, Quartz, 28 Oct. 2024

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“Nonoperating.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nonoperating. Accessed 1 Dec. 2024.

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