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
  • 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
  • The other four shooting victims are in noncritical condition.
    Raven Brunner, People.com, 20 July 2025
Adjective
  • Many of them see it as a serious sign of lack of compatibility, rather than a minor difference in opinion.
    Suzanne Blake, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 Oct. 2025
  • Given the gale force NE'rly winds some minor soundside coastal flooding (up to 1-2 ft) may also occur starting with the Tue afternoon high tide cycle as well.
    NC Weather Bot, Charlotte Observer, 27 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • Mike Vrabel says his history there is unimportant.
    Andrew Callahan, Boston Herald, 16 Oct. 2025
  • That may seem like a small and unimportant distinction to the non-Macca-heads among us.
    Chris Willman, Variety, 30 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • Maybe autocracy starts with something as trivial as this.
    John M. Crisp, Twin Cities, 22 Oct. 2025
  • The trivial things become the big things because the big things have gone away.
    Essence, Essence, 21 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • And, those costs are not always incidental, particularly with pickups.
    Kathy Kristof, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Oct. 2025
  • Gestures, colloquialisms, facial expressions, local cuisine, and the like are not incidental to a tongue but constitute it; sometimes, to capture a word or phrase, in writing or in an algorithm, is to stamp out its meaning.
    Matteo Wong, The Atlantic, 16 Oct. 2025

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“Nonurgent.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nonurgent. Accessed 30 Oct. 2025.

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