How to Use nongovernmental in a Sentence

nongovernmental

adjective
  • These were nongovernmental missions.
    — Daniel Thomas Potts, The Conversation, 30 Mar. 2026
  • The same holds for one’s ability to buy or rent private housing, attend nonstate schools, or form nongovernmental organizations.
    — Stephen Kotkin, Foreign Affairs, 16 Dec. 2025
  • In the wake of the protests, hundreds of independent media outlets and nongovernmental organizations were shut down and outlawed.
    — Yuras Karmanau, Los Angeles Times, 9 Mar. 2026
  • Both the government and nongovernmental organizations are involved in a series of peace-building initiatives to reduce conflict in the north of the lake.
    — Tommy Trenchard, NPR, 31 May 2026
  • To fill the gaps, nongovernmental and nonprofit organizations have stepped in to verify incidents through photos and videos to assess the strikes and their impact.
    — N. Kirkpatrick, Washington Post, 20 June 2026
  • For decades, that scaffolding has included both governmental and nongovernmental efforts.
    — Jane Harman, Foreign Affairs, 13 Nov. 2025
  • But the numbers have been steadily climbing as a network of international nongovernmental organizations has worked to verify the scale of the crackdown.
    — Somayeh Malekian, ABC News, 27 Jan. 2026
  • This move will not significantly impact Anthropic because most of the company’s business comes from nongovernmental partners and clients.
    — Olivier Sylvain, Fortune, 16 May 2026
  • More recently, governments and nongovernmental actors have leveraged the holidays to open the door for future peace negotiations.
    — Andrew Latham, The Conversation, 20 Dec. 2025
  • At the same time, nongovernmental organizations have poorly administered billions of dollars.
    — Paul Vallas, Chicago Tribune, 22 June 2026
  • But a major focus of the independent committee will be research funded by nongovernmental organizations.
    — Jon Hamilton, NPR, 19 Mar. 2026
  • Many of the largest nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) are frozen due to new Israeli registration demands.
    — Jeremy Konyndyk, Foreign Affairs, 23 Oct. 2025
  • Government agencies, nongovernmental organizations and charities should be tasked with providing inexpensive open-bay shelter to anyone in need.
    — Chicago Tribune, 17 Aug. 2025
  • SpaceX was founded in 2002 and has established itself as the premier nongovernmental space exploration operation.
    — Hannah Parker, NBC news, 8 Feb. 2026
  • The Catholic Church in Angola has been the primary nongovernmental institution filling this gap by establishing schools and hospitals.
    — Mathew Schmalz, The Conversation, 9 Apr. 2026
  • The opposition and nongovernmental organizations have reacted with cautious optimism as well as with suggestions and demands for more information on the contents of the proposal.
    — Regina Garcia Cano, Los Angeles Times, 9 Feb. 2026
  • New times and reservation fees are being set for community groups and nongovernmental organizations that want to use Naperville Municipal Center meeting rooms.
    — Carolyn Stein, Chicago Tribune, 26 Feb. 2026
  • Carbon offsets have overpromised and underdelivered since nongovernmental organizations began to use them in the mid-1990s.
    — Jessica F. Green, Foreign Affairs, 7 Nov. 2025
  • The opposition and nongovernmental organizations have reacted with cautious optimism and with suggestions and demands for more information on the contents of the proposal.
    — Regina Garcia Cano, Los Angeles Times, 8 Feb. 2026
  • Before the release campaign began, Venezuelan nongovernmental groups estimated that more than 1,000 people were jailed for political reasons.
    — Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 27 Jan. 2026
  • Fearing for her life, Mrie fled to Turkey, a country more welcoming than most to Syrian exiles, and starting working for a nongovernmental organization training civilian journalists.
    — Los Angeles Times, 24 Feb. 2026
  • Presidents use them to direct some actions of the federal government and its contractors, but executive orders do not directly apply to most private companies, nonprofits or other nongovernmental employers.
    — Deborah Widiss, The Conversation, 8 Sep. 2025
  • Thankfully, Iran already has online platforms, created by nongovernmental organizations, that citizens can use to register complaints about policies and bureaucrats.
    — Mohammad Javad Zarif, Foreign Affairs, 22 Dec. 2025
  • The tool, which depicts air pollution plumes and their sources, is the work of a nonprofit coalition of scientists, universities and nongovernmental groups called Climate TRACE.
    — Andrew Freedman, CNN Money, 24 Sep. 2025
  • The Justice Department filed the affidavit to a Georgia federal court for release to the public on the order of a federal judge, who instructed government lawyers to make redactions to shield the names of nongovernmental witnesses.
    — Aysha Bagchi, USA Today, 11 Feb. 2026
  • In fact, health companies account for nearly one in five companies and nonprofits listed in our Republic 100 special report, a recent ranking of the 100 largest nongovernmental employers in the state.
    — Russ Wiles, AZCentral.com, 29 Aug. 2025
  • Shifting from shocked to strategic Once nongovernmental organizations overcame their initial shock, their leadership teams began to respond to USAID’s demise.
    — Jennifer Hadden, The Conversation, 16 Jan. 2026
  • Microchip was the 74th-largest nongovernmental employer in Arizona in 2024, according to the Republic 100 list of largest businesses.
    — Corina Vanek, AZCentral.com, 6 Mar. 2025
  • Instead, they were deported to Egypt, the Palestinian Prisoners' Authority and the nongovernmental Prisoners' Club said in a statement.
    — Christian Orozco, NBC news, 14 Oct. 2025
  • Nations, intergovernmental organizations, and nongovernmental organizations began working on plans to implement a new regulatory framework to work towards the net zero goal.
    — Jon McGowan, Forbes.com, 28 Aug. 2025

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