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Recent Examples of noncritical
Sunday through Tuesday are expected to have noncritical fire danger.
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Nicole Villalpando, Austin American Statesman, 2 July 2025
The victim was taken to the hospital in noncritical condition.
—Marlene Lenthang, NBC News, 13 Mar. 2025
If ransomware infiltrates a segment containing noncritical systems, the damage remains localized.
—Sameer Malhotra, Forbes, 10 Mar. 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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Nicole Villalpando, Austin American Statesman, 2 July 2025
The victim was taken to the hospital in noncritical condition.
—Marlene Lenthang, NBC News, 13 Mar. 2025
If ransomware infiltrates a segment containing noncritical systems, the damage remains localized.
—Sameer Malhotra, Forbes, 10 Mar. 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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That may seem like a small and unimportant distinction to the non-Macca-heads among us.—
Chris Willman,
Variety,
30 Sep. 2025
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Those tests that pick up most cancers tend to pick up other unimportant things as well — and those screening tests that are limited to discovering cancer often miss many people with the disease.—
Cory Franklin,
Twin Cities,
14 Sep. 2025
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The West Virginia Legislature passed bills in both 2019 and 2023 requiring insurers to respond to nonurgent authorization requests within five days and more urgent requests within two days, among other mandates.—
Lauren Sausser,
Miami Herald,
16 June 2025
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Prioritizing essentials, postponing nonurgent purchases and choosing local alternatives can help manage higher costs.—
Magdy Hassan Fayed,
Forbes.com,
2 June 2025
Adjective
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What looked trivial was, in fact, the system at work.—
Eleanor Pringle,
Fortune,
10 Oct. 2025
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Eckert’s ultimate victory in securing regulatory approval for Addyi underpins the documentary’s revelations about gender bias at the FDA as a drug that claimed to improve female pleasure was dismissed as trivial or even dangerous.—
Etan Vlessing,
HollywoodReporter,
9 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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But, as soon as Saturday comes, so does a low-pressure system bringing colder weather.—
Shannon Tyler,
Idaho Statesman,
9 Oct. 2025
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Okoro is the Bulls’ keynote stopper, which bears a more strenuous weight than this kind of low-pressure environment should guarantee.—
Joel Lorenzi,
New York Times,
7 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Russell’s crash in 2023 showed that a minor mistake can wipe you off the podium.—
Madeline Coleman,
New York Times,
7 Oct. 2025
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In susceptible people, the immune system reacts too strongly to minor exposures, creating chronic inflammation.—
Daryl Austin,
USA Today,
7 Oct. 2025
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The 10th Circuit Court of Appeals previously ruled that Chiles’s therapy taking the form of speech is incidental and that what is really being regulated is her professional conduct.—
Allison Parshall,
Scientific American,
7 Oct. 2025
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Colorado, however, insists that the statute regulates medical conduct, which is not protected by the First Amendment, even if there is an incidental burden on speech.—
Timothy R. Holbrook,
The Conversation,
2 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Segal bought both soccer clubs in 2021 for roughly $400 million, and the Dash were a negligible part of the transaction financially.—
Kurt Badenhausen,
Sportico.com,
8 Oct. 2025
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Impacts on air travel have been negligible so far.—
Marina Johnson,
Louisville Courier Journal,
8 Oct. 2025
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“Noncritical.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/noncritical. Accessed 13 Oct. 2025.
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