noncompliance

as in protest
formal the condition of not having or doing something that is officially required The town has increased the fine for noncompliance to $100.

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Recent Examples of noncompliance In March, the Trump administration froze $175 million in federal funds to the university, citing noncompliance with the new Title IX interpretation. Nick Mordowanec, MSNBC Newsweek, 15 May 2025 No government officials or police officers have been sanctioned for noncompliance. Patrik Jonsson, Christian Science Monitor, 13 May 2025 Huntsman, the inspector general, said there are plenty of additional steps Bonta could take after four years of noncompliance, including trying to have county officials held in contempt of court. James Queally, Los Angeles Times, 1 May 2025 The University must immediately establish procedures by which any Harvard affiliate can report noncompliance with the reforms detailed in this letter to both university leadership and the federal government. Kayla Jimenez, USA Today, 23 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for noncompliance
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Noun
  • The Department of Education said Columbia University violated federal anti-discrimination laws and failed to meet accreditation standards over its handling of pro-Palestinian protests last year.
    Danielle Chemtob, Forbes.com, 5 June 2025
  • His administration has accused the schools of allowing antisemitism and facilitating the spread of pro-Hamas propaganda by permitting the campus protests, which free-speech advocates say are protected by the First Amendment.
    Sonam Sheth Anna Commander, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 June 2025
Noun
  • Orozco’s stickers of abstraction posed the question of whether abstraction—denigrated to its lowest possible level—could now serve as a last sign of resistance and redemption from the totalitarian conditions of reification.
    Benjamin H. D. Buchloh, Artforum, 1 June 2025
  • After years of legal resistance, spot Bitcoin ETFs finally hit the US markets in early 2024, bringing in billions in capital inflows.
    Cloris Chen, Forbes.com, 31 May 2025
Noun
  • In 2016, a British passenger flying Flybe—a now-defunct regional airline—from Amsterdam to Exeter was fined more than $600 for his disobedience.
    Katie Jackson, Travel + Leisure, 12 May 2025
  • The one who escalated the disobedience was the company under the direct command of its largest shareholder.
    Jon Lee Anderson, New Yorker, 7 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Several Republicans have already expressed objections to the legislation as approved by the House.
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 4 June 2025
  • Product joined to hear objections directly from the field.
    Aaron Biggs, Forbes.com, 3 June 2025

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“Noncompliance.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/noncompliance. Accessed 10 Jun. 2025.

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