How to Use nonresidential in a Sentence

nonresidential

adjective
  • The eight nonresidential units will all be on the ground floor for commercial and service-type uses.
    — Evan Frank, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 21 Feb. 2018
  • Other nonresidential projects that haven’t lined up their debt and equity are on the bubble.
    — Dallas News, 1 Sep. 2020
  • But nonresidential building in D-FW surged by almost a third over last year.
    — Dallas News, 12 May 2022
  • In contrast, reports on the strength of nonresidential construction were mixed.
    — Luke Kawa, Bloomberg.com, 11 Oct. 2017
  • The law doesn’t apply to nonresidential work studios like Nimby.
    — Sarah Ravani, SFChronicle.com, 11 Aug. 2019
  • In contrast, investment in nonresidential structures was poised to decline in the third quarter.
    — Luke Kawa, Bloomberg.com, 11 Oct. 2017
  • The city’s mayor said missile fragments landed in a nonresidential part of the city, sparking a fire that caused no casualties.
    — David L. Stern, Washington Post, 14 Jan. 2023
  • The vehicles are allowed in nonresidential areas such as in front of businesses or churches.
    — Douglas Belkin, WSJ, 1 July 2018
  • Other types of customers — like irrigators and nonresidential users — will also pay drought fees.
    — Elise Schmelzer, Denver Post, 8 Apr. 2026
  • Those building fewer than 10 units, like RedT, just pay a fee, as do those building nonresidential projects.
    — Justin Wingerter, Denver Post, 9 Mar. 2026
  • Despite the hot residential market, job losses on the nonresidential side have surpassed the gains.
    — Dallas News, 6 June 2021
  • The outlook could be even worse for businesses, farms, schools and other nonresidential utility customers who want to go solar under the new rules.
    — Sammy Rothstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 8 Dec. 2022
  • For nonresidential uses, the city had planned to go from 25 percent of the maximum to 50 percent.
    — Megan Rodriguez, San Antonio Express-News, 31 Aug. 2022
  • What is more troubling is that other units routinely hold all-day or multiday retreats at (nonresidential) venues outside of the office.
    — Roxane Gay, New York Times, 14 Oct. 2022
  • Fears project could set precedent Mercier also fears this could be the beginning of more nonresidential projects in the neighborhood.
    — Ted Scouten, CBS News, 3 Dec. 2025
  • Later on, occasional use was made of the nonresidential buildings, but lack of convenient goods and services was a drawback.
    — Paula Allen, ExpressNews.com, 29 Feb. 2020
  • Mayor Sergey Sobyanin said two nonresidential buildings were struck but there were no casualties.
    — Anastacia Galouchka, Washington Post, 24 July 2023
  • Klitschko also said that fragments of a missile fell on a nonresidential area in the Holosiivskyi district on the right bank, and a fire briefly broke out in a building there.
    — Time, 14 Jan. 2023
  • Many cities consider short-term rentals to be a nonresidential use and so either ban the practice or require licensing and collect hotel taxes.
    — Kelly G. Richardson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Feb. 2021
  • The number of nonviolent crimes, such as auto thefts and nonresidential burglaries, has continued to drop in most places.
    — Los Angeles Times, 25 June 2021
  • Georgia bill changes law for homeless voters The bill allows people to be taken off the rolls if they are registered at a nonresidential address.
    — Erin Mansfield, USA TODAY, 4 Apr. 2024
  • The four towns have 8,000 acres or more of vacant land zoned for nonresidential developments, Durkin said.
    — John Lippert, Chicago Tribune, 22 June 2024
  • In early 2026, more than three‑quarters of new nonresidential specialty trade jobs came from tech and energy projects.
    — Paul S. Lavoie, Hartford Courant, 11 Mar. 2026
  • The largest increase in April building starts was in nonresidential construction, which was up 39% from a year earlier.
    — Steve Brown, Dallas News, 2 June 2021
  • So far this year, though, residential construction is down nearly 20%, less than half the decline for nonresidential projects.
    — Jim Buchta, Star Tribune, 30 Sep. 2020
  • Last month, the board of trustees decided to not increase the nonresidential fee in order to hopefully draw more out-of-state and international students to the college.
    — Lila Seidman, latimes.com, 27 Mar. 2018
  • Fine said nonresidential access to Foothills Park has been a longtime issue in Palo Alto.
    — Vanessa Arredondo, SFChronicle.com, 3 Nov. 2020
  • In Cleveland, wearing a mask in nonresidential indoor spaces is required under an ordinance that has been in place since July.
    — Author: Aaron C. Davis, Shawn Boburg, Josh Dawsey, Anchorage Daily News, 3 Oct. 2020
  • The progressive think tank’s analysis found that 62% of the tax cuts proposed in the special session bill would go to nonresidential property owners.
    — Seth Klamann, The Denver Post, 29 Aug. 2024
  • Nationwide, construction starts dipped by 10%, with the biggest decline in nonresidential building, which fell 24% for the year.
    — Steve Brown, Dallas News, 28 Jan. 2021

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