nonessential

Example Sentences

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Palmer says fitness and wellness subscriptions should make up less than 20% of nonessential monthly spending, adding that using any workplace fitness benefits helps keep that budget on target.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 10, 2026

At banking software company Q2 Holdings in Austin, finance chief Jonathan Price told employees the company was taking aim at nonessential expenses that were too often wasteful, part of a larger effort to control costs.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 30, 2026

Stovall also pointed to the long lines for security checks at US airports, and heightened travel safety concerns, as reasons that many people are cutting down on nonessential travel.

From Barron's • Mar. 30, 2026

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

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