How to Use nonpayment in a Sentence

nonpayment

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  • The team turned out to have been evicted from a hotel for nonpayment.
    — Ben McGrath, The New Yorker, 23 Aug. 2023
  • In the case of nonpayment, China can also call in the entire debt at once.
    — Ben Bohane, New York Times, 13 June 2018
  • The warrant for the Botox nonpayment cited the wrong date of birth and was therefore invalid.
    — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 12 July 2022
  • The eviction was due to nonpayment of rent, but the couple said they were told their rent was covered by the county.
    — Theresa Clift, Sacramento Bee, 28 May 2024
  • In fact, the penalties for nonpayment of the insurance and fees include the seizure of the citizen's gun.
    — Jason Hanna, CNN, 28 Jan. 2022
  • But renters who are facing eviction for nonpayment of rent can seek out help on their own.
    — oregonlive, 2 Sep. 2021
  • But in August 2021, Eyal Gur filed an eviction against her for nonpayment of rent.
    — jsonline.com, 29 Aug. 2022
  • The college was getting ready to kick him out because of nonpayment.
    — Amy Dickinson, Washington Post, 1 Oct. 2019
  • The group is hoping that mass nonpayment will force energy firms to end the crisis.
    — Sylvia Hui, Anchorage Daily News, 26 Aug. 2022
  • By the time the issue of nonpayment arises, their former student is long gone.
    — WSJ, 1 June 2018
  • The landlord first served a notice to quit possession for nonpayment of rent on Jan. 16.
    — Leeanne Griffin, courant.com, 13 Apr. 2018
  • Carpenter has been named in at least 26 judgments for nonpayment of debts, court records show.
    — sacbee, 1 June 2013
  • The judge did not address either shut-offs for nonpayment or customer debt.
    — Sarah Alvarez, ProPublica, 17 Nov. 2022
  • She was forced to vacate a sublet on the Upper West Side when the leaseholder was evicted for nonpayment of rent.
    — Joanne Kaufman, New York Times, 21 Apr. 2023
  • The group found evictions were still being filed in the state for nonpayment of rent and other nonemergency reasons.
    — AZCentral.com, 15 June 2021
  • The evictions his company has done over the past two years, throughout the pandemic, have been for nonpayment.
    — Nushrat Rahman, Detroit Free Press, 25 May 2023
  • In cities with lax tenant protections, landlords can use the strike to push tenants out over nonpayment of rent.
    — Marissa J. Lang, Washington Post, 9 June 2018
  • Wright would not say whether the city had restored any customers' power who had been cut off for nonpayment as a part of its policy change.
    — Riley Murdock, azcentral, 21 June 2019
  • The expungement also only applies to evictions for nonpayment of rent or if the renter stayed past their lease.
    — Eric Peterson, The Salt Lake Tribune, 27 Oct. 2022
  • Avangrid spokesman Gage Frank again asserted the utility was one of the first in the region to suspend shut-offs for nonpayment of bills at the start of the pandemic.
    — Kenneth R. Gosselin, courant.com, 29 Mar. 2022
  • Landlords must agree not to evict for nonpayment of rent for the months covered, Franklin said in a previous interview.
    — Tess Vrbin, Arkansas Online, 25 July 2021
  • The fines, as civil penalties, could be placed on the property's taxes for nonpayment.
    — Adam Ferrise, cleveland.com, 14 May 2018
  • Four accounts were shut off for nonpayment prior to the town's announcement.
    — Jessica Boehm, azcentral, 8 Apr. 2020
  • Other charges, such as amenities fees and renters insurance, cannot be used as grounds for an eviction for nonpayment of rent.
    — Tamia Fowlkes, Journal Sentinel, 14 Feb. 2024
  • These include causes that are the tenant’s fault, such as nonpayment of rent or violating the lease.
    — Kathleen Pender, SFChronicle.com, 16 Jan. 2020
  • Her landlord filed an eviction order against her in August for nonpayment of rent.
    — Ginny Monk, Hartford Courant, 21 Dec. 2022
  • After the end of apartheid, this culture of nonpayment continued.
    — New York Times, 29 Sep. 2019
  • On March 17, the city issued a directive that no one’s water would be shut off for nonpayment during the public health crisis.
    — Teri Webster, Dallas News, 6 Apr. 2020
  • After being halted for a year because of the pandemic, the court in April resumed evictions for nonpayment of rent.
    — Kevin Grasha, The Enquirer, 6 Aug. 2021
  • The citations come from a government agency, demand $100, and threaten penalties for nonpayment.
    — Daryl James, Orange County Register, 27 May 2024

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