How to Use noncontroversial in a Sentence

noncontroversial

adjective
  • But that didn’t make all those decisions easy or noncontroversial.
    — Gerald F. Seib, WSJ, 21 Mar. 2022
  • Democrats voted for many of the bills anyway, which were largely noncontroversial.
    — Andrew Oxford, azcentral, 19 May 2020
  • To millions of parents, this no doubt sounds noncontroversial.
    — The Editorial Board, WSJ, 11 Mar. 2022
  • The latter lists routine or noncontroversial items that councils approve in one block vote.
    — Shawn Raymundo, AZCentral.com, 22 Oct. 2025
  • And, of course, a noncontroversial theology of the Eucharist that all can sign off on.
    — WSJ, 27 June 2021
  • Yet House progressives took even this noncontroversial bill hostage.
    — The Editorial Board, WSJ, 28 June 2019
  • But these are mostly noncontroversial bills that do things like bestow honors, rename a post office or erect statues.
    — Karim Doumar, ProPublica, 17 Oct. 2022
  • Idaho's governor last week signed into law a bill whose purpose, at face value, is noncontroversial.
    — Alia Wong, USA TODAY, 13 May 2021
  • That is an argument that should be noncontroversial but has become somewhat taboo in elite cultural left circles.
    — Razib Khan, National Review, 12 Sep. 2020
  • Experts believe that politics is expected to seep into a race that used to be noncontroversial.
    — al, 6 Feb. 2022
  • This kind of calendar is usually for noncontroversial issues that don’t tend to draw public comment.
    — Hannah Poukish, Sacramento Bee, 28 June 2024
  • The House approved both measures by voice vote under suspension of the rules, a method for fast-tracking noncontroversial bills.
    — chicagotribune.com, 6 Feb. 2018
  • Each was noncontroversial and received far more than the 60 votes necessary to be added to the legislation.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 2 Aug. 2021
  • Amendments 5 and 6 make noncontroversial changes to property tax breaks.
    — Skyler Swisher, sun-sentinel.com, 18 Sep. 2020
  • The bill is largely noncontroversial.
    — Laura Kelly, The Hill, 5 Sep. 2025
  • Instead, noncontroversial products — like gold necklaces — end up topping the program’s import list.
    — Chad P. Bown, Washington Post, 25 Jan. 2018
  • Thankfully, the solution is simple and should be noncontroversial — eat real food.
    — Kathryn Watson, CBS News, 7 Jan. 2026
  • The American public largely views the mail favorably, as a public good, and a noncontroversial part of daily life.
    — Rachel Leingang, The Arizona Republic, 1 July 2020
  • The board’s 90-minute meeting was mostly quick and noncontroversial, but tension over Wilcox’s hires emerged at the end, when board members gave their reports.
    — Ann Doss Helms, charlotteobserver, 26 July 2017
  • Today, the idea of someone celebrating their birthday is noncontroversial, but in the decades when the tradition was still new, some groups resisted it.
    — Joe Pinsker, The Atlantic, 2 Nov. 2021
  • Larson added ominously, raising the prospect that House members could kill dozens of noncontroversial Senate bills.
    — Patrick Svitek, star-telegram, 23 May 2017
  • The explicit exclusion of whites from college dorms, safe spaces, and federal aid programs is now noncontroversial.
    — Victor Davis Hanson, National Review, 1 Apr. 2021
  • Rhoades indicted that his committee could start work soon on noncontroversial sections and await input from the regional meetings on the more contentious parts.
    — Peter Smith, ajc, 18 June 2021
  • Based on that hearing, which was short and noncontroversial, McKinney is likely to be easily confirmed.
    — Maureen Groppe, Indianapolis Star, 19 Sep. 2017
  • That language of risk – so central to any sort of resiliency planning – can be a noncontroversial and less partisan way to get into climate discussions, say many experts.
    — Amanda Paulson, The Christian Science Monitor, 15 Sep. 2017
  • Both passed the House by voice vote, a method typically reserved for passing noncontroversial legislation.
    — Rachel Frazin, The Hill, 31 Dec. 2025
  • That is relatively noncontroversial in Congress, though the break skews to wealthier households.
    — Richard Rubin, WSJ, 14 Mar. 2018
  • But supporters of the bills — and the agency’s work — frame the legislation, which would largely affect port authorities across the state, as noncontroversial.
    — Kacen Bayless, Kansas City Star, 25 Feb. 2026
  • But the rhetoric has baffled Democrats, who see ER payments as effective and noncontroversial and are unwilling to disavow it.
    — David Weigel, semafor.com, 2 Oct. 2025
  • Legislators who run afoul of the Houstonian have seen noncontroversial bills and laws pertinent only to their districts die.
    — Dallas News, 27 Dec. 2022

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