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Recent Examples of nonstarter
But Republicans are making clear that’s a nonstarter.
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Kevin Freking, Los Angeles Times, 1 Mar. 2025
And given the brutal physical nature of football, adding an extra game that doesn't lead to the Super Bowl is probably a nonstarter.
—David K. Li, NBC News, 28 Feb. 2025
As a practical and political matter, the idea is a nonstarter.
—Hussein Ibish, The Atlantic, 27 Feb. 2025
Conversations around the 51st state are a nonstarter.
—David Faris, Newsweek, 27 Feb. 2025
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Kevin Freking, Los Angeles Times, 1 Mar. 2025
And given the brutal physical nature of football, adding an extra game that doesn't lead to the Super Bowl is probably a nonstarter.
—David K. Li, NBC News, 28 Feb. 2025
As a practical and political matter, the idea is a nonstarter.
—Hussein Ibish, The Atlantic, 27 Feb. 2025
Conversations around the 51st state are a nonstarter.
—David Faris, Newsweek, 27 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for nonstarter
Noun
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The loser of Friday’s game in Atlanta enters the offseason.—
Anthony Chiang,
Miami Herald,
17 Apr. 2025
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The winner will then play the loser of Tuesday’s No. 7 vs. No. 8 matchup, and whoever wins that game will become the East’s No. 8 seed and face the Cleveland Cavaliers in the playoffs.—
Peter Sblendorio,
New York Daily News,
14 Apr. 2025
Noun
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The 101 Ash Street fiasco and the 25% wage increase given to city workers a few years ago both led to this mess.—
U T Readers,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
13 Apr. 2025
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The fiasco has raised concerns about the company’s claims about its models’ performance being potentially misleading and points to the fact that these benchmarks aren’t always a reliable measure for AI’s capabilities.—
Rashi Shrivastava,
Forbes.com,
8 Apr. 2025
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Cinema Saviours After years of the washout of the Covid years, the appearance of Oppenheimer and Barbie, appearing in cinemas at the same time gave us the much talked about ‘Barbenheimer’ phenomenon, with many people choosing to see both films on the same day.—
Benny Har-Even,
Forbes,
28 Feb. 2025
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In fairness, Grier and McDaniel haven’t wasted much money on big-ticket washouts.—
Chris Perkins,
Sun Sentinel,
26 Feb. 2025
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After severe storms hit the state in mid-March, Sanders applied for disaster relief through FEMA, under what's known as a major disaster declaration.—
Luke Barr,
ABC News,
23 Apr. 2025
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The march happened after more disasters caused by climate change and pollution impacted the country.—
Julia Gomez,
USA Today,
23 Apr. 2025
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The media personality and entrepreneur wore a butter yellow latex dress with a body-con silhouette and a low-cut neckline, paired with summer-ready flip flops.—
Renan Botelho,
Footwear News,
12 Apr. 2025
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White House advisors claimed the flip flop was always the strategy, suggesting that the past week of massive tariffs that triggered huge market losses was all for show.—
Dan Mangan,Kevin Breuninger,Jeff Cox,Christina Wilkie,Erin Doherty,Ruxandra Iordache,
CNBC,
9 Apr. 2025
Noun
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The announcement comes after two years of trying to launch a second Fyre Festival to follow the 2017 debacle that landed him in prison for four years.—
Brian Niemietz,
New York Daily News,
23 Apr. 2025
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Harry and Meghan have fully re-entered public life this year with As Ever, Netflix show The fundraising debacle coincides with the Duke and Duchess of Sussex's return to public life five years after stepping back as British working royals in January 2020.—
Sophie Carson,
USA Today,
21 Apr. 2025
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The team also located at least three planes aboard the vessel, including a Douglas SBD Dauntless that still had a bomb attached to it.—
Sarah Kuta,
Smithsonian Magazine,
23 Apr. 2025
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Led by Bruce Willis, Armageddon follows the story of NASA enlisting a group of oil drillers to fly into space, land on a massive asteroid that’s hurtling towards Earth, drill into the rock and insert a nuclear bomb to destroy it.—
Jen Juneau,
People.com,
23 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Babin made a hummingbird cake, inspired by her Southern roots, and Van Tassel made one with Meyer lemons from her garden and a vanilla bean cake decorated with cotton candy.—
Roxana Popescu,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
13 Apr. 2025
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Here's how to make it: Combine one can of sparkling water, ½ cup of coconut water, a squeeze of lemon, and 1/8 tsp of honey or maple syrup.—
Morgan Pearson, MS, RD,
Verywell Health,
12 Apr. 2025
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“Nonstarter.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nonstarter. Accessed 30 Apr. 2025.
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