Example Sentences

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As a result, libraries, nonurgent health clinics and parks are closed.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 29, 2025

Some officers reacted by staging unofficial walkouts in Marseille, by calling in sick or refusing to treat nonurgent cases.

From New York Times • Jul. 24, 2023

The officers’ demeanors seem untroubled and their work nonurgent as they mill at this quiet corner trading battle tales, a fist bump and a back pat.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 28, 2023

Kaiser is managing staffing by employing traveling nurses, adjusting elective and nonurgent surgeries and procedures, and making use of telehealth options.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 7, 2022

New York state has asked 32 hospitals to postpone nonurgent elective scheduled surgeries.

From Washington Post • Jan. 3, 2022