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Recent Examples of noncritical
Within about 25 minutes, all 14 patients — three critical and 11 noncritical patients — were in ambulances heading to hospitals or had already arrived, Mallon said.
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Nicole Villalpando,
Austin American Statesman,
7 Mar. 2026
Some data center operators are beginning to invest in on-site generation, battery storage or shifting noncritical computing tasks to off-peak hours.
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Fortune,
26 Feb. 2026
Right Arrow Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), commonly known as Doctors Without Borders, suspended noncritical medical operations at Gaza’s Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis, citing security concerns.
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Ashley Carnahan,
FOXNews.com,
15 Feb. 2026
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
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Nicole Villalpando,
Austin American Statesman,
7 Mar. 2026
Some data center operators are beginning to invest in on-site generation, battery storage or shifting noncritical computing tasks to off-peak hours.
—
Fortune,
26 Feb. 2026
Right Arrow Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), commonly known as Doctors Without Borders, suspended noncritical medical operations at Gaza’s Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis, citing security concerns.
—
Ashley Carnahan,
FOXNews.com,
15 Feb. 2026
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.
—
Jennah Pendleton,
Sacbee.com,
7 Nov. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for noncritical
Adjective
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The specific mechanism is unimportant.
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Early videos from Hezbollah drones showcased the poor quality of its operators, with the weapons often missing, hitting unimportant targets, or hitting well-armored sections of armored fighting vehicles, thereby negating their effectiveness.
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Span can also throttle nonurgent workloads or transfer them to other nodes in the fleet.
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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.
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These statements are not trivial.
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My polite reply to her email doesn't amount to anything more than a trivial note.
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The low-pressure system originated there and is moving through the Northwest and into southeastern Oregon and Southwest Idaho.
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Quietcations intentionally simplify daily routines by encouraging repetitive, low-pressure rituals such as reading in the same chair every morning, walking the same trail or returning to the same café each day.
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Messi had been dealing with a minor hamstring injury with Inter Miami that slowed him in the lead-up to the World Cup.
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Nearly four-fifths of respondents said that gas prices present some sort of strain, with 34% categorizing it as a major strain and 44% calling it a minor strain.
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Adams offered two incidental new piano pieces and one for string quartet containing his characteristic rhythmic excitement and melodic eloquence.
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Too much time is devoted to elevating one-note supporting characters and their incidental solo missions, and too little time is given to the star attraction, the man from outer space, the guy with a face worthy of comparing to the Mona Lisa.
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The gap between both teams appears negligible, so the risk of Japan losing and potentially finishing third, meeting France in the last 32, is also on the cards.
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Prior to the start of hostilities, the war-risk premium was negligible.
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“Noncritical.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/noncritical. Accessed 28 Jun. 2026.
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