triage
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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
Ruben was arrested at a nearby pub while the group were eating lunch, and 38 children were taken to the local village hall for medical triage.
From BBC • Feb. 9, 2026
Never does “The Pitt” allow us to forget that the American dream is the invisible triage victim in this trauma center and the hundreds like it.
From Salon • Jan. 8, 2026
“It was like triage in a war zone, except it was on Bondi Beach,” Ostrovsky said.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 15, 2025
I told him to wait in the regular triage line for a physician's assistant.
From "Hole in My Life" by Jack Gantos
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