How to Use noncooperation in a Sentence

noncooperation

noun
  • They adopted a strategy of noncooperation until they were treated fairly.
  • Urban violence is deplored by the black community, but at the same time it is enabled by a culture of noncooperation.
    — Barry Latzer, National Review, 5 Dec. 2019
  • His latest calls for noncooperation included telling the rank-and-file to refuse direct orders from supervisors about filling out the city portal form.
    — Alice Yin, chicagotribune.com, 15 Oct. 2021
  • Significantly, all but one of these reviews were hindered by the noncooperation of the two individuals at the heart of the courses.
    — Joseph Spears, Indianapolis Star, 13 Oct. 2017
  • Women have pioneered other forms of social noncooperation, as well.
    — Erica Chenoweth, Foreign Affairs, 8 Feb. 2022
  • The disobedience movement urges all forms of noncooperation with the government, including state workers not turning up for their jobs.
    — Compiled Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, Arkansas Online, 17 July 2021
  • Here, too, women have played a vital role, innovating methods of protest such as boycotts, strikes, and other forms of noncooperation that apply pressure on those in power.
    — Yasmeen Serhan, The Atlantic, 12 Sep. 2020
  • Boycotts are a form of mass noncooperation that enables more people to resist without taking time off from work, engaging in confrontation or risking arrest.
    — David Cortright, The Conversation, 26 Mar. 2026
  • More than a century ago, Congress sent its sergeant-at-arms to arrest a witness for noncooperation, but that scenario is viewed as an extremely unlikely move in the present day.
    — NBC News, 8 Oct. 2019
  • Such noncooperation only worsens the black-crime problem by providing impunity for the most violent.
    — Barry Latzer, National Review, 5 Dec. 2019
  • Any entity receiving city funding, such as contractors, would have to follow the city’s warrant and noncooperation standards.
    — Michael Smolens, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Oct. 2025
  • Women have also developed other forms of gendered noncooperation that can benefit mass movements.
    — Erica Chenoweth, Foreign Affairs, 8 Feb. 2022
  • For technical reasons, noncooperation could literally lead to the physical loss of the station.
    — Leroy Chiao, CNN, 8 Feb. 2022
  • These movements used many different tools at their disposal — lawsuits, mass rallies, strikes, work slowdowns, boycotts and other forms of noncooperation and resistance.
    — David Brooks, Mercury News, 23 Apr. 2025
  • Roses episode was complicated by the noncooperation of vocalist Axl Rose, who at the time was feuding with his original bandmates.
    — Los Angeles Times, 28 July 2021
  • The World Health Organization said noncooperation by China has forced the global body to halt its probe into the origins of the coronavirus but later walked that back.
    — Aidin Vaziri, San Francisco Chronicle, 15 Feb. 2023
  • Some might argue that for middle America conditions are not yet painful enough, socially or economically, to inspire sustained noncooperation.
    — Michael Shank, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 Oct. 2025
  • When, in 1971, the Italian government banished its worst mafiosi to live on Filicudi, the islanders, via total noncooperation, sent them packing.
    — Antonia Quirke, Condé Nast Traveler, 22 Aug. 2019
  • LeVinus said landlord noncooperation is rare and not a significant factor in rental assistance, especially because programs can give aid directly to renters if needed.
    — Jessica Boehm, The Arizona Republic, 25 June 2021
  • Each campus should follow state law and guidelines regarding noncooperation with ICE and/or other federal entities.
    — Isidro Ortiz, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 Feb. 2025
  • Nevertheless, some common, noncooperation policies have existed in a handful of places, including Charlotte, where the police don't help with immigration enforcement.
    — CBS News, 18 Nov. 2025
  • While declarations have been made in the past regarding our city having a sanctuary status, there have been no clear directives toward local law enforcement regarding noncooperation with federal agencies such as ICE.
    — Scott Wartman, The Enquirer, 2 July 2025
  • No wonder Mahatma Gandhi made prohibition the cornerstone of his noncooperation movement against British domination.
    — Mark Lawrence Schrad, Washington Post, 1 Aug. 2017
  • As prosecutors consider the matter, their evidence-gathering phase could include subpoenaing witnesses to a grand jury who could testify about what Bannon told them and provide details about the reasoning for his noncooperation with Congress.
    — Katelyn Polantz, CNN, 22 Oct. 2021
  • The report indicated there were consistent patterns of noncooperation with state regulators, tax breaches undertaken with the knowledge of multiple senior staff, and serious breaches of responsible-gaming obligations.
    — Mike Cherney, WSJ, 26 Oct. 2021
  • The law was implemented in 2018 and effectively legalized noncooperation between state law enforcement agencies and federal immigration officials.
    — Greg Wehner, Fox News, 18 Nov. 2024
  • In addition, state-level politicians, including attorneys general and governors, have repeatedly demonstrated their willingness to challenge federal overreach through litigation and noncooperation.
    — Victor Menaldo, The Conversation, 16 Jan. 2025
  • In accordance with the county’s noncooperation policy, the Fairfax County Sheriff’s Office, which oversees the county’s jail, did not honor a 2023 federal detention request to hold Jalloh in pretrial detention until ICE could assume custody.
    — Mia Cathell, The Washington Examiner, 19 Apr. 2026

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