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Recent Examples of nonurgent
All other complaints are classified as nonurgent, and are responded to within 48 hours of notification to assess the complaint and schedule an inspection.
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Stephen Underwood, Hartford Courant, 23 Feb. 2024
Ambulances would still go to medical emergencies, but they wouldn’t be dispatched to many calls deemed nonurgent.
—David Garrick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Mar. 2024
Don’t pick this time to bring up nonurgent ideas or ask about an extended vacation.
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—Kathleen Shanley, Forbes, 28 Nov. 2023
Severely ill patients The pandemic aid program, called the Provider Relief Fund, was meant to help hospitals as Covid sent many severely ill patients to the facilities while also forcing the cancellation of the knee replacement and other nonurgent surgeries that typically provided revenue.
—Melanie Evans, WSJ, 4 Dec. 2022
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Stephen Underwood, Hartford Courant, 23 Feb. 2024
Ambulances would still go to medical emergencies, but they wouldn’t be dispatched to many calls deemed nonurgent.
—David Garrick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Mar. 2024
Don’t pick this time to bring up nonurgent ideas or ask about an extended vacation.
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—Kathleen Shanley, Forbes, 28 Nov. 2023
Severely ill patients The pandemic aid program, called the Provider Relief Fund, was meant to help hospitals as Covid sent many severely ill patients to the facilities while also forcing the cancellation of the knee replacement and other nonurgent surgeries that typically provided revenue.
—Melanie Evans, WSJ, 4 Dec. 2022
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for nonurgent
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While this will likely mean targeting generative technology toward processes such as report creation, which at the surface may seem noncritical, the result will be a competitive advantage that propels firms above the competition.Ravikiran Dharmavaram, Forbes, 24 Sep. 2024
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Lane restrictions will occur in the fall and next spring to accommodate work on noncritical items.Bebe Hodges, The Enquirer, 16 Aug. 2024
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Over a decade later, the streaming space is filled with entries from major and minor media companies alike.Bruce Gil, Quartz, 8 Nov. 2024
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Walman is dealing with a minor upper-body injury incurred in the first period of Saturday’s 3-2 loss to the Vancouver Canucks.Curtis Pashelka, The Mercury News, 5 Nov. 2024
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Benjamin Deneen, the paper’s lead author, tells Popular Science that in the early days of neuroscience, research tended to focus on neurons, treating other cells as relatively unimportant support structures.Tom Hawking, Popular Science, 6 Nov. 2024
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On his New Heights podcast last month, Jason Kelce branded the football position unimportant.David Faris, Newsweek, 4 Nov. 2024
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Seemingly small or trivial accuracy improvements could actually play a crucial role when applied in extreme, emergency settings.Mack DeGeurin, Popular Science, 13 Nov. 2024
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What might feel like trivial small talk is actually an invitation for connection.Mark Travers, Forbes, 27 Oct. 2024
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Given the rocket is not intended to land in water, whatever happened after splashdown was incidental to what can only be called a successful test flight.William Harwood, CBS News, 13 Oct. 2024
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The few traces of pleasure to be found in Disclaimer are typically incidental to the action.Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 11 Oct. 2024
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“Nonurgent.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nonurgent. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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