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Recent Examples of noncritical
The district has already implemented a spending freeze as of Oct. 1 that applies to all nonessential expenditures, including those related to travel, conferences, equipment purchases and new noncritical contracts.
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Jennah Pendleton, Sacbee.com, 7 Nov. 2025
Choose a noncritical system (like a training or test server), and deploy a basic AI security agent there.
—Saurav Bhattacharya, Forbes.com, 13 Aug. 2025
The other four shooting victims are in noncritical condition.
—Raven Brunner, People.com, 20 July 2025
The plan would leave noncritical supply chains open initially, while setting a longer-term decoupling process into motion through two policy pathways.
—Eyck Freymann, Foreign Affairs, 29 Jan. 2025
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Jennah Pendleton, Sacbee.com, 7 Nov. 2025
Choose a noncritical system (like a training or test server), and deploy a basic AI security agent there.
—Saurav Bhattacharya, Forbes.com, 13 Aug. 2025
The other four shooting victims are in noncritical condition.
—Raven Brunner, People.com, 20 July 2025
The plan would leave noncritical supply chains open initially, while setting a longer-term decoupling process into motion through two policy pathways.
—Eyck Freymann, Foreign Affairs, 29 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for noncritical
Adjective
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There’s no unimportant royal gossip, apparently.—
Lizzie Lanuza,
StyleCaster,
5 Apr. 2026
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If however, we were often criticized and made to feel unimportant, our self-talk may be more negative.—
Joy Harden Bradford,
AJC.com,
2 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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Waiting lists for disease diagnosis and nonurgent surgeries are becoming unmanageable, emergency rooms are overwhelmed, and staff is exhausted, Guedes warns.—
Sarah Moreno
Updated February 19,
Miami Herald,
19 Feb. 2026
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Patients who have nonurgent appointments and elective surgeries scheduled during a strike day may have those rescheduled.—
Catherine Ho,
San Francisco Chronicle,
21 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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Discussing the merits of his actual song, therefore, seems entirely trivial.—
Jon O'Brien,
Vulture,
11 May 2026
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Unfortunately, this supply is both exhaustible and relatively trivial compared with the roughly 20 million barrels of oil that normally flow through the strait per day.—
Wes Zebrowski,
Chicago Tribune,
8 May 2026
Adjective
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Meta announced the rollout of Instants on Wednesday, a new Instagram feature that gives users a casual, low-pressure way to connect with either Close Friends or mutual followers with one tap.—
Kelly McCarthy,
ABC News,
13 May 2026
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Terrestrial’s approach uses molten salt both as a fuel and a coolant, enabling high-temperature, low-pressure operations.—
Ameya Paleja,
Interesting Engineering,
8 May 2026
Adjective
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While minor, the crashes point to challenges in object recognition and spatial awareness, particularly in complex parking or tight urban environments.—
Bojan Stojkovski,
Interesting Engineering,
16 May 2026
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The Porter County Election Board worked through some minor kinks with the county’s new voting equipment during the election certification at noon on Friday in the tabulation room of the Elections & Registration Office.—
Shelley Jones,
Chicago Tribune,
16 May 2026
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American Express relies on airlines to submit the correct information on airline transactions to identify incidental fee purchases.—
Jason Stauffer,
CNBC,
11 May 2026
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What is clear, however, is that the aye-aye’s comical assortment of features definitely isn’t incidental.—
Scott Travers,
Forbes.com,
10 May 2026
Adjective
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The report released Thursday asserts that reimbursements to the city for personal charges were negligible.—
Edmund H. Mahony,
Hartford Courant,
14 May 2026
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The effort went on to gain momentum into the general election but had a negligible impact on the election results.—
Torrey Snow,
Baltimore Sun,
13 May 2026
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“Noncritical.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/noncritical. Accessed 17 May. 2026.
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