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Recent Examples of noncritical
Lane restrictions will occur in the fall and next spring to accommodate work on noncritical items.
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Bebe Hodges, The Enquirer, 16 Aug. 2024
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.
—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
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Bebe Hodges, The Enquirer, 16 Aug. 2024
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.
—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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for noncritical
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Saying that facts are constructed through social processes is not the same as saying facts are unimportant or made up.—
Jacob Hale Russell,
TIME,
4 Mar. 2025
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But that’s not because the work of the public sector itself is unimportant.—
Adam Chandler,
TIME,
20 Feb. 2025
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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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Given this, there is no straightforward way to understand what a model is doing on an intuitive level, as from our perspective running inference on a model is nothing more than executing trillions of trivial operations such as addition and multiplication.—
Rahul Gudise,
Forbes,
7 Mar. 2025
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And figuring out that amount was not a trivial task.—
Jayson Stewart,
IEEE Spectrum,
5 Mar. 2025
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From Friday into the weekend, much of the Plains region will be at risk of heavy snow and possible blizzard conditions as the low-pressure system strengthens, the Weather Prediction Center said.—
Christopher Cann,
USA TODAY,
11 Mar. 2025
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Leading new college students through an ethical analysis of Marvel movies seemed like an opportunity to work on useful intellectual skills in a low-pressure environment.—
James Calvin Davis,
The Conversation,
5 Mar. 2025
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Many sparkling water brands, kombucha makers, and craft sodas favor glass bottles for sustainability and quality—but if not manufactured correctly, even minor defects can lead to unexpected breakage.—
Stephanie Gravalese,
Forbes,
16 Mar. 2025
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Even minor decisions had to be run up the church’s chain of command, say former members.—
Guthrie Scrimgeour,
Rolling Stone,
16 Mar. 2025
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A lot of character growth happens offscreen, and the romantic relationships feel arbitrary more than anything else — necessary on the page for marketing a TV show, but mostly incidental to what makes people want to watch this one in the first place.—
Proma Khosla,
IndieWire,
6 Mar. 2025
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How these characters define themselves ethnically is incidental to the violent, high-stakes crime world they’re thrust into.—
Hershal Pandya,
Vulture,
6 Mar. 2025
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Because golden visa transactions represent such a small fraction of overall activity in the European countries that have implemented such initiatives, Daniels thinks their impact on the U.S. housing market would be negligible.—
William Lambers,
Newsweek,
10 Mar. 2025
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Today, though, studies show the energy savings (including not just lighting but electronics and autos) is negligible.—
Roger Dooley,
Forbes,
3 Mar. 2025
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“Noncritical.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/noncritical. Accessed 20 Mar. 2025.
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