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- money's tight, so we'll have to skip nonessential purchases
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“Nonessential.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nonessential. Accessed 25 May. 2022.
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The first known use of nonessential was in 1751
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