nonurgent

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of nonurgent This crisis particularly affected those facilities that faced restrictions on nonurgent care. Len Wright, Forbes, 10 Oct. 2024 At Mass General Brigham, the largest health care system in Massachusetts, all scheduled nonurgent surgeries, procedures and medical visits were canceled Friday, according to a spokesperson. Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, arkansasonline.com, 20 July 2024 Mass General Brigham, one of America’s biggest health care systems, canceled all nonurgent surgeries, procedures, and medical visits. David Cox, WIRED, 19 July 2024 All other complaints are classified as nonurgent, and are responded to within 48 hours of notification to assess the complaint and schedule an inspection. Stephen Underwood, Hartford Courant, 23 Feb. 2024 See all Example Sentences for nonurgent 
Recent Examples of Synonyms for nonurgent
Adjective
  • Crews have until next June to complete noncritical items.
    Bebe Hodges, The Enquirer, 16 Aug. 2024
  • Knowing that this portion is noncritical provides the freedom to take calculated risks without the fear of negatively impacting overall financial stability.
    Odiri Oginni, Forbes, 5 Dec. 2024
Adjective
  • Charging documents for Darien pointed to four unnamed minor victims.
    Racquel Bazos, Baltimore Sun, 27 Jan. 2025
  • The three teens, whose identities have not been released due to their minor status, are all being held at Donald E. Long Juvenile Detention Facility.
    Christina Coulter, Fox News, 27 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • Demonizing the delta smelt was — and is — a way to make facile points to uninformed voters by suggesting that the interests of what appears to be an unimportant fish are somehow elevated above those of human residents.
    Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 14 Jan. 2025
  • Again, there’s a moon get-out clause here; our natural satellite is so bright that the size of the objective lens is less unimportant.
    Jamie Carter, Space.com, 9 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • Out of a trivial tension, an intimate and unsettling face-to-face confrontation suddenly arises.
    Zac Ntim, Deadline, 16 Jan. 2025
  • Compared with all that has been lost here in L.A., the devastation of Runyon Canyon and other hiking trails is trivial.
    Andrew Moseman, The Atlantic, 15 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • The ball whistling just past the post seemed almost incidental to those admiring his chutzpah.
    Richard Sutcliffe, The Athletic, 9 Jan. 2025
  • Reflecting on what drew him to each project, Fincher clarified that the pre-existing popularity of such books is merely incidental.
    Shania Russell, EW.com, 2 Jan. 2025

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“Nonurgent.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nonurgent. Accessed 1 Feb. 2025.

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