nonessential

Example Sentences

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State Department telling nonessential staff to get out of Saudi Arabia after attacks there killed workers from India and Bangladesh.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 9, 2026

“We are asking New Yorkers to avoid all nonessential travel.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 22, 2026

To save money, the state will defer nonessential capital improvements, along with other methods.

From Barron's • Jan. 22, 2026

To save money, the state will defer nonessential capital improvements, along with other methods.

From Barron's • Jan. 22, 2026

So she sat and anchored her hands to the rocks, her nonessential programs switched off, and then, in her own way, the robot slept.

From "The Wild Robot" by Peter Brown