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 On May 15, 2023, Mitsubishi filed a noncompliance report due to the software and safety issue. Saleen Martin, USA Today, 13 June 2025 What To Know Fines would range from $100 to $500 for each unauthorized entry into the county, up to nearly $10,000 for failing to voluntarily depart after a judge's order, and up to $1,000 per day for noncompliance with a removal order, according to ABC News, which first reported the move. Billal Rahman, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 June 2025 The penalties for noncompliance can be significant. David Moradi, Forbes.com, 18 June 2025 The following month, the Labor Department found widespread noncompliance and violations of federal law in how health plans and insurers cover mental health care, findings that mirrored ProPublica’s investigation. ProPublica, 5 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for noncompliance
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Noun
  • Its acceptance of vinyl chloride waste from the 2023 East Palestine, Ohio, train derailment led to protests from local, state and federal officials.
    Sophia Valchine, Freep.com, 24 July 2025
  • Mexico’s President, Claudia Sheinbaum, has condemned the violence of both the raids and the protests, and is reportedly considering legal action on behalf of a Mexican man who fell from a rooftop and died during a raid in Southern California.
    Geraldo Cadava, New Yorker, 23 July 2025
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  • Entrenched legacy vendors have dug their claws in, and this has led to a general resistance to change.
    Staff, FOXNews.com, 19 July 2025
  • Much of the resistance surely stems from Johnson’s push at the outset of this debate to legalize development of ADUs by right throughout the city.
    The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 18 July 2025
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  • And why is the punishment for disobedience akin to literal torture?
    Ben Travers, IndieWire, 13 July 2025
  • Misbehaviors tagged as disobedience affect Black students disproportionately and are the justification in a third of all suspension and expulsions.
    Meredith Kolodner, USA TODAY, 1 Apr. 2024
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  • Over the objections of some Federal Trade Commission employees who sent a joint letter to Congress, that agency held a daylong session about how medical care for transgender people was a dangerous fraud.
    Jen Christensen, CNN Money, 21 July 2025
  • With maximum energy density, enhanced safety, and faster charging, nearly all objections to EV adoption would be eliminated.
    Neil Winton, Forbes.com, 20 July 2025

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“Noncompliance.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/noncompliance. Accessed 29 Jul. 2025.

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