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
  • The most minor miscalculation can botch a landing.
    Marcus Thompson II, New York Times, 7 Jan. 2026
  • Its versatile uses range from nourishing the lips to minor wound care—helping maintain hydration along the way.
    Kathleen Baird-Murray, Vogue, 6 Jan. 2026
Adjective
  • If they were considered unimportant to the team’s chances of success, Zidane and Ancelotti did not worry too much if their feelings got hurt.
    Dermot Corrigan, New York Times, 31 Oct. 2025
  • Mike Vrabel says his history there is unimportant.
    Andrew Callahan, Boston Herald, 16 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • This, of course, is trivial compared to the risk the Colorado River Basin’s shrinking snowpack poses to nearly every Southwest settlement, livelihood and life form that relies on its steady trickle downstream.
    Shaun McKinnon, AZCentral.com, 4 Nov. 2025
  • Misreading facial expressions isn’t trivial.
    Matt Fuchs, Time, 4 Nov. 2025
Adjective
  • That’s not incidental—that’s intentional.
    Essence, Essence, 7 Jan. 2026
  • The emotional and financial toll she has been forced to shoulder is not incidental.
    A.D. Quig, Chicago Tribune, 7 Jan. 2026

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“Nonurgent.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nonurgent. Accessed 11 Jan. 2026.

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