triage

Example Sentences

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"We cannot possibly conserve everything, so we have to triage and decide how to allocate limited resources towards what we think are the highest priorities," Chan said.

From Science Daily • Mar. 9, 2026

She said the "triage service was frequently understaffed" and at Bedford around a quarter of calls went unanswered or abandoned by the caller due to wait times.

From BBC • Jan. 23, 2026

Some of those details include having buy-in from the police, training dispatchers on how to triage calls, and integrating mental health staff.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 25, 2025

“It was like triage in a war zone, except it was on Bondi Beach,” Ostrovsky said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 15, 2025

Farmer has constructed his life around this second kind of triage.

From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French