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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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Jones noted those were not trivial sums for working families of the era.—
Anna Alejo,
CBS News,
21 Apr. 2026
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The novel swings between the trivial and the dire, and in her bleakest moments Adora leans on the Stoics for guidance, thinking, C’mon, boys, don’t fail me now!—
The New Yorker,
New Yorker,
20 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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Attention then turns to Thursday, when a cold front tied to a strengthening low-pressure system to the north approaches from the west.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
22 Apr. 2026
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In Casual mode, players can take their time with unlimited chances to find every change, perfect for a relaxed, low-pressure experience.—
Rachel Jacoby Zoldan,
PEOPLE,
21 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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Snitker managed numerous minor-league clubs over the years, including Richmond, Mississippi, Durham and Macon.—
Gabriel Burns,
AJC.com,
26 Apr. 2026
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Any minor spills or leaks within this storage area are expected to be contained within the basement level.—
Staff Report,
Hartford Courant,
25 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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Going by that definition, weed isn’t incidental so much as foundational.—
Alison Foreman,
IndieWire,
20 Apr. 2026
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But choices, however incidental, about what kinds of domestic arrangements are shown and not shown on hugely popular children’s programs must strike their audiences in some kind of way.—
Jean Garnett,
New Yorker,
18 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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While that's slightly less than the current $2,222 average, the actual savings are negligible when compared to the soaring cost of gasoline.—
Contessa Brewer,Dawn Giel,
CNBC,
23 Apr. 2026
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It was quickly realized that the upstream reservoir of all activity at Earth’s surface, save some negligible exceptions, is the Sun.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
22 Apr. 2026
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“Noncritical.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/noncritical. Accessed 27 Apr. 2026.
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