nonessential
Example Sentences
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Plus, your credit-card debt is manageable, especially if you aim to cut some of your nonessential monthly expenses.
From MarketWatch
Exxon evacuated its nonessential staff from the Middle East earlier this month.
The IEA’s recommendations also include slower highway speeds, greater use of public transport and car sharing, cutting nonessential air travel and encouraging electric cooking, among other measures.
State Department telling nonessential staff to get out of Saudi Arabia after attacks there killed workers from India and Bangladesh.
From Los Angeles Times
Embassies had let nonessential staff in locations like Israel and Lebanon leave but had generally told their citizens to register and shelter in place.
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