nonemergency
Americannoun
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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This service, used for nonemergency primary and urgent care, remains the largest part of its business.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 23, 2026
There’s also a possibility that such use of nonemergency powers might be challenged in court, he added.
From MarketWatch ● Jan. 28, 2026
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
Others said they hoped the next chief would address officer morale and do something about the long wait times for the city’s nonemergency hotline.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 3, 2024
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
People in Cowlitz County who use Medicaid can also use a transportation service called Community in Motion for nonemergencies, like going to doctors’ appointments.
From Seattle Times ● May 3, 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
The police phone line for nonemergencies has been overwhelmed with people calling to “dob in,” as we say here, reporting others they think are breaching the rules.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 7, 2020
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