nonurgent

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Recent Examples of nonurgent Canada's system ensures equitable access and lower costs but is often criticized for longer wait times for nonurgent procedures. Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 3 Dec. 2024 Prolotherapy does not cure any condition and is used as an elective (nonurgent) treatment. Alex Yampolsky, Verywell Health, 17 Oct. 2024 This crisis particularly affected those facilities that faced restrictions on nonurgent care. Len Wright, Forbes, 10 Oct. 2024 The urge to pursue your pleasures will be all but impossible to ignore, so feel free to leave less exciting nonurgent tasks for another time. Tarot.com, Sun Sentinel, 11 Sep. 2024 See All Example Sentences for nonurgent
Recent Examples of Synonyms for nonurgent
Adjective
  • 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
  • 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
Adjective
  • Although not a major concern, some minor coastal flooding and beach erosion are possible along the coastline as well.
    Matthew Villafane, CBS News, 25 Jan. 2026
  • Another person was critically injured, five had serious injuries and eight had minor injuries, officials said.
    Dave Collins, Los Angeles Times, 24 Jan. 2026
Adjective
  • Some people are surrounded by care and still feel chronically unimportant.
    Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 28 Jan. 2026
  • One of the votes at issue was about a project in Bonin’s district that sailed through the council, with Price’s vote unimportant to the project’s outcome.
    James Queally, Los Angeles Times, 23 Jan. 2026
Adjective
  • The person who quietly solves a critical problem looks less valuable than the one sending three status updates a day about trivial progress.
    Andy Molinsky, Forbes.com, 26 Jan. 2026
  • These differences are not trivial.
    Eliot A. Cohen, The Atlantic, 23 Jan. 2026
Adjective
  • But what distinguishes this series is how incidental all the superhero business is meant to feel.
    Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 27 Jan. 2026
  • In the end, McAdams’ sexiness isn’t incidental, but integral to how she’s been misjudged.
    Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 26 Jan. 2026

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“Nonurgent.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nonurgent. Accessed 31 Jan. 2026.

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