nonemergency
Americannoun
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nonemergencies
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adjective
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not constituting an emergency; not involving emergency services.
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not requiring urgent or immediate attention.
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The GAO recommended that Congress temporarily limit nonemergency sales from the reserve and authorize a funding mechanism to help the Energy Department cover ongoing or periodic costs for maintaining the SPR.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 13, 2026
Aurelian is a Seattle-based startup that uses generative AI to automate responses to nonemergency calls to 911 centers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 31, 2025
These providers offer nonemergency medical services for about 34 million Americans each year.
From Salon ● Oct. 7, 2025
But when it comes to a nonemergency or elective procedure, things get murkier.
From Slate ● May 2, 2025
Other hospitals, including USC Verdugo Hills and Providence St. John’s, temporarily halted nonemergency surgeries because of the impact of the wildfires.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 10, 2025
The Los Angeles Schools Anonymous Reporting app, also known as LASAR, was unveiled in March 2023 and allows anyone to anonymously report nonemergencies and suspicious activity to the Los Angeles School Police Department.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 19, 2024
“Responding to nonemergencies takes that ambulance, first responders and possibly a fire engine away from emergency situations,” she wrote in an email.
From Seattle Times ● May 3, 2024
The deaths led the city to expand mobile crisis teams that handle psychiatric calls that are deemed nonemergencies, reducing response times from an average of 17 hours to about two hours.
From New York Times ● Oct. 4, 2021
A Seattle Times analysis in May found police were responding to drastically fewer dispatch calls, and that emergency response times were still up even though police had simply stopped going to some nonemergencies, including break-ins.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 24, 2021
Police also urged residents to file for routine police reports or nonemergencies online.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 18, 2020
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