Example Sentences

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As external accounts face mounting pressure amid the prolonged Middle East conflict, India’s dusting off a playbook used before to arrest non-essential demand, Barclays economists say.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 14, 2026

About 65-70% of his income is spent on rent, council tax and household bills, and he saves a small amount each month but spends very little on non-essential items.

From BBC • May 1, 2026

Officials are also being discouraged from non-essential overseas travel.

From BBC • Mar. 11, 2026

But on Monday, the US embassy in Turkey said it had closed its consulate in Adana and advised non-essential staff to leave, with the State Department urging all US citizens to leave the southeast.

From Barron's • Mar. 9, 2026

The obvious meaning of "freedom" in each of these cases is an absence of external and non-essential coercion.

From Determinism or Free-Will? by Cohen, Chapman