unplanned
Britishadjective
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Patients with LEP are more likely to make an unplanned return to the hospital after an ER discharge, a 2024 University of California, San Francisco review published in BMJ Quality & Safety found.
From Slate ● Oct. 16, 2026
Earlier this month, three data centers in western Russia suddenly went dark due to a “rapid unplanned disassembly,” to use euphemistic engineering parlance.
From Salon ● Oct. 15, 2026
But even if you know the set list, the staging and the outfits, "you're still probably going to get to see moments of humanity and stuff that's unplanned," Snapes adds.
From BBC ● Oct. 3, 2026
That has left them vulnerable to strains from unplanned outages, natural disasters or conflicts.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 1, 2026
This was an unplanned, spur-of-the-moment project for she had gone back to the plantation in order to persuade her husband to go North with her.
From "Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad" by Ann Petry
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