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As for Sharapova, her nonrival rival, Serena was diplomatic: ‘‘I’m happy for her, because she worked hard, too.

From New York Times • Aug. 25, 2015

Software is nonrival and hard to exclude people from, but it is easy to exclude your customers from the help line or technical support.

From The Public Domain Enclosing the Commons of the Mind by Boyle, James

If there are limits to the virtues of enclosure even there, how much more so in a world of intangible and nonrival goods, which develop by drawing on prior creations?

From The Public Domain Enclosing the Commons of the Mind by Boyle, James

Because of these "nonrival" and "nonexcludable" characteristics, Flaubert's publisher would have a more difficult time coming up with a business plan than the petunia farmer.

From The Public Domain Enclosing the Commons of the Mind by Boyle, James

The symbolic end of rivalry comes when I am playing the song in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, at the very moment that you are both downloading and listening to it in Kazakhstan—now that is nonrival.

From The Public Domain Enclosing the Commons of the Mind by Boyle, James