as in null
having no legal or binding force a verbal agreement is considered nonbinding in this state

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Recent Examples of nonbinding This feeling of self-reliance is so ingrained that in 1994, Catron’s county commissioners voted unanimously to pass a nonbinding resolution that stipulated every household should have a gun. Brandon Kapelow, Time, 13 Oct. 2022 Abbott issued his order on the heels of a nonbinding opinion from Attorney General Ken Paxton, who interpreted the state’s child abuse law to include certain types of gender-affirming medical treatments for minors. Dallas News, 13 Mar. 2022 Earlier, in the March GOP primary, 81% of voters agreed with a nonbinding proposition that no Democrats should be named, Rinaldi noted. Dallas News, 12 Jan. 2023 The executive committee of the Texas Republican Party unanimously passed a nonbinding vote of no-confidence in Ms. McDaniel, and the Arizona G.O.P. publicly called on her to resign. Ken Bensinger, New York Times, 28 Dec. 2022 See All Example Sentences for nonbinding
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  • To reporters late Sunday evening and later on social media, Trump claimed the pardons are null because Biden had used an autopen rather than sign by hand.
    Savannah Kuchar, USA TODAY, 17 Mar. 2025
  • Does her despondent demeanor and null motivation make Elsa herself an ideal pick to surrender her life?
    Carlos Aguilar, Variety, 11 Mar. 2025
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  • Trump claims pardons for those on the bipartisan congressional Jan. 6 committee are void, therefore potentially opening the door toward a justification for investigation.
    Domenico Montanaro, NPR, 21 Mar. 2025
  • With the department in upheaval, servicers may face a leadership void and unclear directives.
    Shahar Ziv, Forbes, 20 Mar. 2025
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  • President Donald Trump wrote on Monday that Biden's pardons for the January 6 committee are invalid because they were signed with an autopen.
    Hannah Parry, Newsweek, 19 Mar. 2025
  • And on Sunday, the president amplified the threat against the Jan. 6 investigators, saying their pardons were invalid because Biden had used an autopen to sign them.
    Mychael Schnell, The Hill, 17 Mar. 2025

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“Nonbinding.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nonbinding. Accessed 3 Apr. 2025.

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