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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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So Minnesota’s spot in the standings is likely soon to be cemented, which will make the Wolves’ games themselves trivial.—
Jace Frederick,
Twin Cities,
6 Apr. 2026
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Space toilets ultimately need to work This is not a trivial matter.—
Eric Berger,
ArsTechnica,
5 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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An incoming low-pressure system that is supposed to bring the Bay Area its most significant rain since February — and thunder and lightning, too — is now likely to start early Friday morning, about 24 hours after it was initially anticipated to hit the region.—
Rick Hurd,
Mercury News,
8 Apr. 2026
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October 30, 2025, was in some ways more concerning—a routine low-pressure system with a water bomb concealed in its clouds.—
Eric Klinenberg,
New Yorker,
6 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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There could be minor flooding in low-lying and poor drainage areas, periods of heavy rain and thunderstorms, and urban and small stream flooding.—
Brandon Downs,
CBS News,
11 Apr. 2026
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There is at least some truth that social media use may cause a minor rise in dopamine levels, but not in a way that resembles drugs or qualifies as addiction.—
William Proctor,
The Orlando Sentinel,
11 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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The Rainbow and Rainbow Miss winners have an incidental connection or two.—
Bob Wisener,
Arkansas Online,
5 Apr. 2026
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These dynamics are not incidental to the format.—
Manuela Moscoso,
Artforum,
2 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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There were no famous people, and crime was negligible.—
Kate Crane,
Rolling Stone,
2 Apr. 2026
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The costs of living increase in all parts of the world, but the fees one receives remain negligible.—
Ho Tzu Nyen,
Artforum,
1 Apr. 2026
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“Noncritical.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/noncritical. Accessed 13 Apr. 2026.
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