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Recent Examples of noncritical
This means that instead of using separate networks and buses for noncritical devices and critical devices, there is a push to have one network that both critical and noncritical devices can share.
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IEEE Spectrum, 15 Nov. 2022
Officials said Tuesday morning all the critical patients were moved to other hospitals and evacuations of noncritical patients are still underway.
—Marlene Lenthang, NBC News, 22 Aug. 2023
The final noncritical patient had been moved by midday Tuesday, according to LAFD spokesperson Margaret Stewart, who said fire officials would begin the process of demobilizing.
—Dakin Andone, CNN, 22 Aug. 2023
Firefighters also assisted with the remaining 213 noncritical patients.
—Summer Lin, Los Angeles Times, 22 Aug. 2023
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IEEE Spectrum, 15 Nov. 2022
Officials said Tuesday morning all the critical patients were moved to other hospitals and evacuations of noncritical patients are still underway.
—Marlene Lenthang, NBC News, 22 Aug. 2023
The final noncritical patient had been moved by midday Tuesday, according to LAFD spokesperson Margaret Stewart, who said fire officials would begin the process of demobilizing.
—Dakin Andone, CNN, 22 Aug. 2023
Firefighters also assisted with the remaining 213 noncritical patients.
—Summer Lin, Los Angeles Times, 22 Aug. 2023
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for noncritical
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So, the ick is often our internal defense mechanism, working overtime to protect us from potential heartache, leading us to unconsciously push away great potential partners by focusing on unimportant qualities.Mark Travers, Forbes, 10 Jan. 2025
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Appearance is unimportant and, apparently, so are some of the themes.Josh Broadwell, Rolling Stone, 4 Dec. 2024
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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
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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
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Any defection over the most trivial procedural or legislative matters could block the party's agenda.G. Elliott Morris, ABC News, 7 Jan. 2025
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For investors, this means that meaningful financial updates from companies will be accompanied by mountains of trivial environmental data.Stone Washington, National Review, 31 Dec. 2024
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The final ingredient, which elevated the winds and wildfires from risky to ruinous, was a low-pressure system spinning up over the Gulf of California.Ned Kleiner, Los Angeles Times, 10 Jan. 2025
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Fire fighters watched helplessly as houses burned, their hoses at the ready but the hydrants to which they were connected producing no water or merely a low-pressure trickle.Jeffrey Kluger, TIME, 10 Jan. 2025
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The primary response is to make aesthetic tweaks and minor comfort improvements.Kyle J. Russell, USA TODAY, 15 Jan. 2025
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Following a minor car accident in Charlotte, Dalton was sidelined with a thumb injury, and Young returned to the starting lineup.Mike Kaye, Charlotte Observer, 15 Jan. 2025
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This strikes me as an archetypal example of a change that is merely incidental to the actual level of spending, and that can’t be done with reconciliation.Dylan Matthews, Vox, 2 Jan. 2025
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The country’s Supreme Court, in a report that was kept sealed but reported on by Politico, rubber-stamped the hacking as incidental to legitimate state operations.Ronan Farrow, The New Yorker, 20 Nov. 2024
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His book value is now negligible, meaning any prospective fee would represent pure profit.James Horncastle, The Athletic, 10 Jan. 2025
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Advertisement In all three of those areas, faults in the days leading up to the fires were negligible, with only a few occurring.Noah Goldberg, Los Angeles Times, 10 Jan. 2025
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“Noncritical.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/noncritical. Accessed 18 Jan. 2025.
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