How do you use Nonproliferation in a sentence? See 10+ example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, including synonyms like proliferation or prevention, plus the exact meaning.
Nonproliferation in a sentence
Nonproliferation meaning
Opposition to the spread of something, especially nuclear weapons.
Synonyms of Nonproliferation
Using Nonproliferation
- The main meaning on this page is: Opposition to the spread of something, especially nuclear weapons.
- Useful related words include: proliferation, non-proliferation, prevention, bar.
- In the example corpus, nonproliferation often appears in combinations such as: nuclear nonproliferation, nonproliferation treaty, nonproliferation efforts.
Context around Nonproliferation
- Average sentence length in these examples: 22.6 words
- Position in the sentence: 3 start, 11 middle, 6 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Nonproliferation
- In this selection, "nonproliferation" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 22.6 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, nuclear, global, months, treaty, efforts and talks stand out and add context to how "nonproliferation" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include and global nonproliferation efforts over and center for nonproliferation studies. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "nonproliferation" sits close to words such as abra, accies and accommodative, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with nonproliferation
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
It is one thing to settle nonproliferation issues to open new markets. (12 words)
In fact, enforcing nonproliferation against allies looks more self-evidently wrong than right. (13 words)
It is part of a pattern that has destroyed America’s credibility on nonproliferation. (14 words)
At a news conference on Thursday, before a meeting next week on nuclear nonproliferation, Wood said the US welcomed Pyongyang’s willingness to talk about denuclearisation, and called the summit planned for late May or early June a “momentous time”. (40 words)
For months, nonproliferation experts have suggested Iran had enough uranium enriched up to 60% to build at least one nuclear weapon — though Tehran long has insisted its program is for peaceful purposes. (32 words)
During the 2000s, “denuclearization” stuck around because the Joint Declaration was North Korea’s only written commitment to abandoning its nuclear weapons after Pyongyang withdrew from the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty in 2003. (32 words)
Example sentences (20)
It says the treaty “turns back the clock on verification and disarmament and is dangerous” to the half-century-old Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty, considered the cornerstone of global nonproliferation efforts.
Ahead of the anticipated Biden-Xi meeting, officials from both sides met in Washington for arms control and nonproliferation talks.
For months, nonproliferation experts have suggested Iran had enough uranium enriched up to 60% to build at least one nuclear weapon — though Tehran long has insisted its program is for peaceful purposes.
The continued existence of nuclear arsenals underscores the urgent need for disarmament, nonproliferation efforts and a collective commitment to global peace and security.
The new Hwasong-18 rocket blasted off in April from a launch site east of Pyongyang, according to Sam Lair of the James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies.
It is one thing to settle nonproliferation issues to open new markets.
China has traditionally not insisted on such strict nonproliferation safeguards, and is eager to lock in Saudi oil supplies.
In fact, enforcing nonproliferation against allies looks more self-evidently wrong than right.
It might also take leaving the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty (NPT) into consideration, which would make its nuclear program even less transparent.
On the former, the primary multilateral instruments of nonproliferation came into effect after the completion of the Israeli nuclear program.
The agency monitors compliance with the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty, which Saudi Arabia signed decades ago.
There is little question that Israel has played a spoiler role in regional and global nonproliferation efforts over the past two decades.
And Bush's team set about dismantling the government agency that was giving the most trouble - the State Department's Nonproliferation Bureau.
It is part of a pattern that has destroyed America’s credibility on nonproliferation.
The double standards applied by the Trump administration have been particularly damaging to international nonproliferation agreements.
This is essentially what nonproliferation advocates and activists feared after President Donald Trump pulled the United States out of the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty (INF) on Friday.
At a news conference on Thursday, before a meeting next week on nuclear nonproliferation, Wood said the US welcomed Pyongyang’s willingness to talk about denuclearisation, and called the summit planned for late May or early June a “momentous time”.
Bolton said he and Patrushev had discussed nuclear nonproliferation, Iran, North Korea, arms control, and Middle East issues including Syria and Afghanistan.
During the 2000s, “denuclearization” stuck around because the Joint Declaration was North Korea’s only written commitment to abandoning its nuclear weapons after Pyongyang withdrew from the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty in 2003.
He has never said anything remotely close to that,” the director of the East Asia Nonproliferation Program at Middlebury College, told me recently.
Common combinations with nonproliferation
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: