How to Use nonexclusive in a Sentence

nonexclusive

adjective
  • All the players tagged this year are nonexclusive.
    — ABC News, 7 Mar. 2026
  • Amazon, which had nonexclusive rights to Thursday night games, will now have them alone.
    — Stephen Battaglio Staff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 18 Mar. 2021
  • This is harder — for video games, right now, the large game developers are nonexclusive.
    — John Herrman, New York Times, 21 Apr. 2016
  • The streamer has exclusive rights to season two, as well as nonexclusive rights to stream season one.
    — Vulture, 26 Oct. 2022
  • Teams and players with the exclusive and nonexclusive franchise tag can work out long-term contracts.
    — Gary Klein, latimes.com, 20 Feb. 2018
  • So those of you who don’t like committed relationships may want to go nonexclusive.
    — Susan Johnston, Rolling Stone, 14 Aug. 2023
  • Attendance was nonexclusive; friends of friends were welcomed.
    — Peter Schjeldahl, The New Yorker, 7 Mar. 2022
  • So long as Treasury considers in a nonexclusive list, certain factors, again, a pretty blank slate in my view.
    — Tax Notes Staff, Forbes, 10 Sep. 2024
  • Price for access to all IP is $3 million for a nonexclusive license, Hart said.
    — Eric Berger, Ars Technica, 12 Apr. 2024
  • There will also be a second, nonexclusive window, during which the movies can appear on other streaming services.
    — Jacob Siegal, BGR, 26 Apr. 2022
  • Venu Sports, its backers underscored, would have only streamed nonexclusive content.
    — Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 3 Sep. 2019
  • Amazon had been paying $75 million a year for nonexclusive streaming rights for Thursday games.
    — Stephen Battaglio Staff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 18 Mar. 2021
  • Now that Apple is more established, the streamer has less need for such a high-profile nonexclusive deal, Thompson said.
    — Wendy Lee, Los Angeles Times, 26 Sep. 2022
  • Purdue will provide the molecules under a nonexclusive license at no cost to the university.
    — Kelly Servick, Science | AAAS, 20 Aug. 2019
  • Venu Sports’ backers disagreed, contending the service would have only streamed nonexclusive content.
    — Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 6 Jan. 2026
  • Last month, Rogan signed a new nonexclusive deal with Spotify, allowing his podcast to appear on more platforms.
    — August Brown, Los Angeles Times, 13 Mar. 2024
  • That capital was used to help pay the startup’s investors and license its technology in a nonexclusive capacity.
    — Ashley Capoot,salvador Rodriguez,annie Palmer, CNBC, 19 Aug. 2025
  • The agreement didn’t include an investment and came with a nonexclusive license to some of Windsurf’s technology.
    — Ashley Capoot, CNBC, 4 Nov. 2025
  • Kick, a niche streaming service owned by the operator of a crypto gambling firm, has reportedly offered large deals for nonexclusive streaming rights.
    — Cecilia D'anastasio, Fortune, 24 Oct. 2023
  • Under the producing and co-financing agreement, Rice will have a nonexclusive deal with the Oscar-winning outfit.
    — Lesley Goldberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 1 June 2023
  • Moderna also used patent and nonexclusive rights that the government made available to the company to make this Covid-19 vaccine.
    — Carrie Teicher, STAT, 5 Nov. 2021
  • As part of the agreement, Amazon bought a nonexclusive license for Covariant’s core technology.
    — Ashley Capoot,salvador Rodriguez,annie Palmer, CNBC, 19 Aug. 2025
  • The company will also divest up to 13 amphitheaters and reserve 50% of tickets for nonexclusive venues.
    — Allie Canal, NBC news, 9 Mar. 2026
  • Live Nation will reportedly also divest 13 of its amphitheaters and reserve half of its tickets for nonexclusive venues.
    — Jennifer Zhan, Vulture, 9 Mar. 2026
  • Each of the three companies would own one-third of the service, have equal board representation and license their sports content to the joint venture on a nonexclusive basis, according to the release.
    — Ivan Pereira, ABC News, 6 Feb. 2024
  • The Obamas were said to be interested in distributing the shows on a nonexclusive basis, seeing Spotify’s terms as restricting their reach.
    — Todd Spangler, Variety, 20 Dec. 2022
  • In 2024, Bad Robot’s Warners deal was extended for another two years but became a nonexclusive, first-look pact.
    — Borys Kit, HollywoodReporter, 7 Apr. 2026
  • Discover, Goldman Sachs, Hulu and Mercedes are among the advertisers that agreed to quarterly and nonexclusive deals with the sites.
    — Alexandra Bruell, WSJ, 31 Mar. 2017
  • As part of the agreement, Google will also secure a nonexclusive licensing deal for some of HTC’s intellectual property.
    — Daisuke Wakabayashi, New York Times, 20 Sep. 2017
  • Baltimore also used the nonexclusive tag on quarterback Lamar Jackson last March before signing him to a five-year, $260 million deal in April.
    — Brian Wacker, Baltimore Sun, 5 Mar. 2024

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