Example Sentences

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I can block anything ending in .gif, but it usually renders buttons nonoperative.

From The Verge • Jul. 13, 2022

There were no studies that compared surgical repair of the meniscus, the cartilage that covers the knee, with nonoperative care or a placebo.

From New York Times • Jan. 4, 2022

Another call came in about the handrail, then a call about an emergency-exit gate at Fort Hamilton Parkway with a nonoperative magnet.

From New York Times • Mar. 17, 2020

Restrictions on qualified generalists are strictest in large Eastern cities and include a complete shut-out in most teaching hospitals, limitation in others to minor surgery, nonoperative obstetrics, routine medical care.

From Time Magazine Archive

He shifted it to "Space," so that it would pick up calls going planetward, instead of listening vainly for replies from the nonoperative landing grid.

From The Pirates of Ersatz by Freas, Kelly