triage
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Local residents were “circling the school, trying to protect the students. It is like I am doing emotional triage on some type of battlefield, right here in my own city,” she explained.
From Salon • Apr. 6, 2026
The review recommends a new "triage system" to help call handlers assess whether incidents need to be logged, backed up by specialised training, and a new AI tool to "help officers navigate legislation and guidance".
From BBC • Mar. 30, 2026
"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
“It was like triage in a war zone, except it was on Bondi Beach,” Ostrovsky said.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 15, 2025
She has performed a kind of emergency triage, banishing the infected to save the well.
From "Class Matters" by The New York Times
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