How to Use under no obligation in a Sentence

under no obligation

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  • The couple were entitled to keep their seats and were under no obligation to switch with me.
    — Christopher Muther, BostonGlobe.com, 19 Jan. 2023
  • And, of course, Greg’s under no obligation to Lorraine.
    — Deborah Treisman, The New Yorker, 17 July 2023
  • Their hosts are under no obligation to provide the 30-days notice that landlords have to provide.
    — Time, 20 June 2023
  • Now, with Trump out of office, Roberts is under no obligation to oversee the proceedings, hence Leahy.
    — Tim Darnell, ajc, 7 Feb. 2021
  • The judge added that Majors is under no obligation to testify during the trial.
    — Rebecca Rubin, Variety, 29 Nov. 2023
  • Defendants are under no obligation to call witnesses at trial and often choose not to, since plaintiffs have the burden of proof to make their case.
    — Graham Kates, CBS News, 3 May 2023
  • Trump, who is under no obligation to testify, has signaled his willingness to take the witness stand.
    — Brendan Rascius, Miami Herald, 10 May 2024
  • Rape victim is under no obligation to even hear an apology.
    — Amy Dickinson, Washington Post, 25 Feb. 2023
  • As plans are under no obligation to take a loss, their other choice is to exit the market, which from the patient’s perspective means that all the benefits disappear.
    — Casey B. Mulligan, WSJ, 21 Nov. 2022
  • Washington, in other words, has the capacity to sustain its commitment to Afghanistan for some time to come and is under no obligation to accept a bad deal.
    — Michael Semple, Foreign Affairs, 28 Nov. 2018
  • Once a player enters the transfer portal, Xavier's under no obligation to save their scholarship or accept them back.
    — Adam Baum, The Enquirer, 28 Mar. 2023
  • Airlines sometimes offer a voucher in lieu of a cash refund, but travelers are under no obligation to accept it.
    — The Seattle Times, Anchorage Daily News, 12 Apr. 2022
  • And airlines are under no obligation to offer you an alternative flight on the same day, or to offer you a hotel room if you’re forced to stay away from home overnight when traveling within the U.S., Hudson said.
    — Tribune News Service, Hartford Courant, 15 Jan. 2024
  • In between ranch work—or instead of them; guests are under no obligation to lift a finger—visitors can birdwatch, swim or fish in any one of four lakes, go horseback riding or simply hang out and enjoy the scenery.
    — Brigid Mander, WSJ, 18 June 2021
  • Likewise, Nail said St. Bernards employees are under no obligation to get the shots, and there will be no adverse action taken against those health care workers who choose not to participate.
    — Jeannie Roberts, Arkansas Online, 31 Dec. 2020
  • But in 2020 the state Supreme Court reversed the judgment, ruling that church leaders were under no obligation to report, citing the state's clergy-penitent privilege.
    — Jason Dearen and Michael Rezendes, The Arizona Republic, 29 Sep. 2022
  • Companies that receive them are under no obligation to refrain from furloughs and layoffs.
    — Washington Post, 4 Sep. 2020
  • As a private institution, the University of Chicago was under no obligation to abide by the First Amendment’s guarantee of free speech.
    — Sam Roberts, BostonGlobe.com, 25 May 2023
  • Demi Lovato is under no obligation to share the deeply personal story of her struggle with mental health and addiction with the public.
    — Kendall Trammell, CNN, 18 Feb. 2021
  • As a private company, Binance is under no obligation to publish its balance sheet.
    — Leo Schwartz, Fortune, 14 Nov. 2022
  • Kering’s houses are under no obligation to partner with Vestiaire or engage with resale at all.
    — Emily Farra, Vogue, 9 Mar. 2021
  • Until then, players are under no obligation to participate in the workouts at Gillette Stadium.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 28 May 2021
  • But the state and federal guideline is unenforceable as written and utilities are now under no obligation to test for 1,4-dioxane or report to the public when the chemical is found in drinking water.
    — Kevin Spear, Orlando Sentinel, 8 Jan. 2024
  • As a private company, the Trump Organization was under no obligation to follow the guidelines of good governance.
    — Bert Spector, The Conversation, 1 July 2021
  • Alice Winocour, the director, is of course under no obligation to address the motivations of the Bataclan attackers or explain the venomous origins of radical Islam.
    — Sophie Lewis, Harper’s Magazine , 31 Oct. 2022
  • Reddit will need to maximize shareholder value and moderator happiness Reddit is under no obligation to make its API free.
    — Scott Nover, Quartz, 20 June 2023
  • But pharmaceutical companies are under no obligation to make the final products affordable to Americans, whose tax money is subsidizing them in the first place.
    — Mariana Mazzucato, Foreign Affairs, 2 Oct. 2020
  • Grand juries are under no obligation to follow those recommendations.
    — Andrew Wolfson, USA TODAY, 13 Sep. 2020
  • Referrals by Congress are merely recommendations, and the Justice Department is under no obligation to bring charges against those referred for prosecution.
    — CBS News, 20 Dec. 2022
  • The Company is under no obligation to (and expressly disclaims any such obligation to) and does not intend to publicly update, revise, or alter its forward-looking statements whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.
    — Miami Herald, 12 Feb. 2024

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