as in unnecessary
not needed by the circumstances or to accomplish an end
money's tight, so we'll have to skip nonessential purchases
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as in extravagance
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Recent Examples of nonessential
Stuart Anderson, Forbes, 26 Nov. 2024
On Sunday, the Israeli government reissued a travel warning urging its citizens to avoid nonessential travel to the United Arab Emirates.
—Aaron Boxerman, New York Times, 24 Nov. 2024
In response to Kogan's killing, Israel also warned against all nonessential travel to the Emirates.
—Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 24 Nov. 2024
The night before, officials had asked residents to curb their electricity use and announced that schools and nonessential businesses would close, The Washington Post reports.
—Justine Calma, The Verge, 18 Oct. 2024
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Still, even the 12-month moving averages, which may obscure larger increases in individual months, show a significant rise after the March 2020 closing of U.S.-Mexico ports of entry to nonessential traffic.
—Stuart Anderson, Forbes, 26 Nov. 2024
On Sunday, the Israeli government reissued a travel warning urging its citizens to avoid nonessential travel to the United Arab Emirates.
—Aaron Boxerman, New York Times, 24 Nov. 2024
In response to Kogan's killing, Israel also warned against all nonessential travel to the Emirates.
—Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 24 Nov. 2024
The night before, officials had asked residents to curb their electricity use and announced that schools and nonessential businesses would close, The Washington Post reports.
—Justine Calma, The Verge, 18 Oct. 2024
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But they were assured reservations were unnecessary.Cybele Mayes-Osterman, USA TODAY, 15 Dec. 2024
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Be clear about your priorities and don’t let unnecessary features distract you.Rhett Power, Forbes, 15 Dec. 2024
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Visitors were known to poke fun at the extravagance on display in his estate.Liz McNeil, People.com, 7 Dec. 2024
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The extravagance is evident before entering the gaming area, where visitors are greeted by a multimillion-dollar digital sculpture, one of only two in the United States, Amos said.Samantha Moilanen, Chicago Tribune, 7 Nov. 2024
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Executive producer Robert Lorenz recalls the challenge of creating packed crowds on the modest budget, with the team using lighting tricks and even inflatable movie extras.Ryan Gajewski, The Hollywood Reporter, 5 Dec. 2024
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The airline offers the opportunity to upgrade to premium cabin service and other extras for an additional cost.Michael Cappetta, Travel + Leisure, 4 Dec. 2024
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Randomness emerges as the missing ingredient, the defence against superfluity, the guarantor that any person is, in fact, the only self.Hazlitt, Hazlitt, 12 June 2024
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Retrospectives that span so many decades usually follow a certain arc: skill-building, imitation of admired masters, the finding of a personal voice, maybe a late-in-life fascination with superfluity (think Titian’s brushstrokes or Henry James’s sentences).Susan Tallman, The New York Review of Books, 2 Nov. 2023
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Strangely, in the middle of ecological breakdown threatening the very basis of human life to thrive on this planet, superyachts or luxury tourism resorts are just not up for public debate.Vijay Kolinjivadi, TIME, 14 Dec. 2024
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Along with strengthening Macy's nameplate, the company's goals are accelerating luxury growth and simplifying and modernizing end-to-end operations.Jonathan Limehouse, Austin American-Statesman, 14 Dec. 2024
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Why this fragrance is the ultimate indulgence for your winter wardrobe.Kimberly Wilson, Essence, 13 Dec. 2024
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The Food and Drink That Defined 2024 Searches Here are the top 10 trending searches that dominated our search bars and, in many ways, our hearts: Olympic Chocolate Muffins A winning combination of indulgence and function, these muffins went viral during the 2024 Olympics.Stephanie Gravalese, Forbes, 12 Dec. 2024
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“Nonessential.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nonessential. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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