How to Use noncommercial in a Sentence

noncommercial

adjective
  • That is not in itself so odd; the noncommercial world has fed the commercial one for years.
    — New York Times, 16 Sep. 2021
  • Its mission is to be a noncommercial site that provides a serious and deep look at her career.
    — Lawrence Specker | [email protected], al, 26 Jan. 2023
  • Its first flight after the long hiatus didn’t carry passengers and was noncommercial, the ministry said.
    — Jon Emont, WSJ, 12 Jan. 2021
  • Helping new and rediscovered work through that bottleneck is one of the things the noncommercial theater does best.
    — Jesse Green, New York Times, 29 Aug. 2023
  • And there are thousands of takeoffs and landings performed by private noncommercial floatplanes in this region each month.
    — Dominic Gates, Anchorage Daily News, 11 Sep. 2022
  • Commercial and noncommercial bankruptcy filings ⑦ are both down from a year ago.
    — Peter Coy, Bloomberg.com, 23 Oct. 2020
  • What might be riskier is buying milk from noncommercial farms, like a vendor at your local farmers market or your neighbor down the street who sells milk or cheese out of their house.
    — Jess Craig, Vox, 7 Dec. 2018
  • Get hands-on lessons in backyard citrus orcharding, that is, growing fruit for noncommercial purposes.
    — Los Angeles Times, 23 Sep. 2021
  • But the noncommercial publishing model these platforms promote has its challenges.
    — Bysofia Moutinho, science.org, 5 Dec. 2024
  • The station can soon seek support from grants, foundations, listeners and noncommercial sponsors.
    — Dallas News, 15 Nov. 2022
  • Still others are attracted to the unusual character of noncommercial species.
    — Jill Draper, Kansas City Star, 24 Jan. 2024
  • Sure, there may be a business or two adjacent to the town square, and there might be a few walls covered with flyers for punk concerts, but for the most part a town square is primarily a noncommercial space.
    — Justin Pot, WIRED, 18 Dec. 2022
  • Donors, tax dollars plug holes Public media outlets are only one prong of an increasingly noncommercial local news system.
    — Matthew Powers, The Conversation, 6 May 2025
  • Now compare that to the structural nature of the internet, which was created in a noncommercial environment in which there was zero profit motive.
    — Charlie Warzel, The Atlantic, 15 May 2026
  • Even a person who wants to fly a small plane for personal and noncommercial use needs 40 hours of flying instruction before getting a private pilot’s license.
    — Jeremy Straub, Discover Magazine, 18 Apr. 2018
  • The section mostly applies to noncommercial flights that do not carry passengers or cargo for money, but skydiving flights are given an exception.
    — Alexandra Skores, CNN Money, 15 June 2026
  • Georgia also has a tradition of small-batch, noncommercial production that fits with an ephemeral product like the wine, which effectively goes extinct by the end of the season.
    — Alison Herman, Variety, 11 Mar. 2026
  • The track is available to be freely used for noncommercial purposes, and it’s popped up in dozens of SoundCloud tracks since it was first posted in 2019.
    — Emma Roth, The Verge, 25 Apr. 2023
  • Because the free market works poorly for many filmmakers, a system of state subsidies often seems better at producing a wide range of ambitious but noncommercial films.
    — Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 18 Mar. 2022
  • However, the statute protects all noncommercial signs and banners, which includes the political variety.
    — Kelly G. Richardson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Nov. 2022
  • The outlets should therefore no longer be qualified as noncommercial educational broadcast stations, according to the book.
    — Melissa Quinn, CBS News, 3 Feb. 2025
  • The property will still operate as a food pantry, but its activities will now be limited to the collection, storage and noncommercial distribution of food.
    — Dallas News, 19 May 2021
  • The case was the first in a series of serious near-collisions involving commercial and noncommercial flights on or near the runways of major US airports.
    — Pete Muntean, CNN, 29 Jan. 2024
  • Moreover, especially given how solidly guests stand by the noncommercial worth of their possessions, watching all of these objects get priced can make the final numbers stick out as fickle and farcical.
    — Stephen Lurie, The Atlantic, 26 Aug. 2021
  • The section generally applies to noncommercial flights that do not carry passengers for money, but skydiving flights are also included.
    — Alexandra Skores, CNN Money, 17 June 2026
  • The measure would bar counties from prohibiting outdoor firework displays for noncommercial purposes on private property.
    — Barbara Hoberock, Oklahoman, 18 Mar. 2026
  • An additional average of 20 noncommercial boaters drown annually in the state.
    — Bjorn Dihle, Outdoor Life, 4 Sep. 2025
  • The satellite embedding dataset is available through the Earth Engine Data Catalog, which is free for noncommercial use.
    — Shannon Cuthrell, IEEE Spectrum, 15 Sep. 2025
  • The farm is noncommercial, the USDA said, and the animals weren’t intended for the commercial food supply.
    — Erika Edwards, NBC News, 30 Oct. 2024
  • Super Disc Box is likewise listed on the Lexaloffle website with a similar noncommercial license.
    — Kyle Orland, Ars Technica, 5 Aug. 2022

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