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Recent Examples of noncritical
This means that instead of using separate networks and buses for noncritical devices and critical devices, there is a push to have one network that both critical and noncritical devices can share.
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IEEE Spectrum, 15 Nov. 2022
Officials said Tuesday morning all the critical patients were moved to other hospitals and evacuations of noncritical patients are still underway.
—Marlene Lenthang, NBC News, 22 Aug. 2023
The final noncritical patient had been moved by midday Tuesday, according to LAFD spokesperson Margaret Stewart, who said fire officials would begin the process of demobilizing.
—Dakin Andone, CNN, 22 Aug. 2023
Firefighters also assisted with the remaining 213 noncritical patients.
—Summer Lin, Los Angeles Times, 22 Aug. 2023
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IEEE Spectrum, 15 Nov. 2022
Officials said Tuesday morning all the critical patients were moved to other hospitals and evacuations of noncritical patients are still underway.
—Marlene Lenthang, NBC News, 22 Aug. 2023
The final noncritical patient had been moved by midday Tuesday, according to LAFD spokesperson Margaret Stewart, who said fire officials would begin the process of demobilizing.
—Dakin Andone, CNN, 22 Aug. 2023
Firefighters also assisted with the remaining 213 noncritical patients.
—Summer Lin, Los Angeles Times, 22 Aug. 2023
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for noncritical
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This might be tactical language, or propaganda, or unimportant.Anne Applebaum, The Atlantic, 8 Dec. 2024
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Detractors often consider the beauty industry and those who build their careers in it, as unimportant in the grand scheme things.CT Jones, Rolling Stone, 27 Nov. 2024
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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
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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
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Coined as far back as 1854 by Henry David Thoreau in Walden, the idea of mental deterioration from trivial distractions has never been more relevant.Mark Travers, Forbes, 6 Dec. 2024
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In Africa, businesses like Abubakar’s keep countless tons of toxic trash out of landfills, reduce the need for mining, and create thousands of jobs—hardly a trivial consideration in a nation where nearly two-thirds of people live in poverty.Vince Beiser, WIRED, 30 Nov. 2024
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The lake effect snow will transition to widespread light to moderate snow late Saturday afternoon through Sunday morning as a low-pressure system approaches the area.Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 7 Dec. 2024
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The fast-moving low-pressure system that ended the Big Apple’s long stretch of springlike weather will continue to bring gusty winds and colder temperatures to the area.Muri Assunção, New York Daily News, 4 Dec. 2024
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Next to the rivers of food that flood the modern appetite, risotto is a minor tributary.Anthony Lane, The New Yorker, 16 Dec. 2024
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Areas that are low-lying, already wet or have poor drainage could be at a risk for minor flooding depending on how heavy the rain is this week.Remington Miller, arkansasonline.com, 16 Dec. 2024
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Brown occupies a curious position in the vast industry of college football—both at the center of it and incidental to the massive changes wrought by conference realignment.Louisa Thomas, The New Yorker, 1 Dec. 2024
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They were told the migrant crisis wasn’t real — that the problems associated with an unmitigated flow of non-citizens into their towns and cities were anecdotal and incidental.S.E. Cupp, New York Daily News, 6 Nov. 2024
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To Georgia, the cost of guarantee games is negligible: its coach, Kirby Smart, has a salary bigger than UMass’s entire budget.Louisa Thomas, The New Yorker, 1 Dec. 2024
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Of that sum, traditional album sales contribute 1,000, streaming activity comprises 66,000 units, while the remaining negligible number of units stem from track-equivalent album units.Pamela Bustios, Billboard, 25 Nov. 2024
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“Noncritical.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/noncritical. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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