How to Use nonemergency in a Sentence

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• The tribe also said nonemergency medical appointments that require travel to or from the reservation should be rescheduled.
  — From Usa Today Network and Wire Reports, USA TODAY, 26 Oct. 2020
• On May 3, the government banned all nonemergency domestic flights, and two days later the international airport grounded commercial flights.
  — Ben Ayers, Outside Online, 28 May 2021
• More than 2,500 medical workers in Hong Kong — mostly those considered to be nonemergency personnel — went on strike Monday morning to pressure the authorities to bar entries from mainland China.
  — Austin Ramzy, New York Times, 10 Mar. 2020
• The spokesman described the effort as building upon work already underway in the department, such as receiving more nonemergency complaints online instead of deploying officers.
  — Editorial Board Star Tribune, Star Tribune, 22 Nov. 2020
• According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the coronavirus pandemic caused disruptions in routine and nonemergency medical care.
  — Lois Szymanski, baltimoresun.com/maryland/carroll, 10 May 2021
• One bill allows medical doctors to refuse nonemergency medical treatment to a patient based on religious or moral objections and the other bans transgender girls from competing on school sports teams consistent with their gender identity.
  — Ivan Pereira, ABC News, 5 Apr. 2021
• Unlike Premera's plan, there is no specific list of procedures, but general areas are orthopedic, nonemergency heart conditions and planned major surgeries.
  — Laurel Andrews, Alaska Dispatch News, 8 Nov. 2015
• The commission's 24 cost-saving ideas ranged from reconfiguring nonemergency medical transportation to reducing the use of high-cost services for people who have Medicaid disability waivers.
  — Jessie Van Berkel Star Tribune, Star Tribune, 12 Dec. 2020
• Some would be deployed to the city’s Healthy Streets Operations Center, an initiative involving several city departments working to address nonemergency homelessness complaints.
  — Dominic Fracassa, San Francisco Chronicle, 15 May 2018
• The manufacturer said Tuesday that demand for those and other goods boosted U.S. sales in its latest quarter, offsetting lower sales for products including office supplies and materials used in nonemergency medical procedures.
  — Austen Hufford, WSJ, 27 Oct. 2020

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