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triage

[tree-ahzh] / triˈɑʒ /
VERB
pay immediate attention to particular priorities
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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

"Our model can automate that process, triage the routine cases, and highlight anything unusual for human review."

From Science Daily • Jan. 13, 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

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

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



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