nonessential

Example Sentences

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In March, the government rolled out fuel rationing, encouraging citizens to walk amid a growing transportation crisis, and later put nonessential state workers on leave to keep them at home.

From Barron's • Apr. 7, 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

“New York City has not faced a storm of this scale in the last decade,” he said, urging residents to avoid nonessential travel.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 23, 2026

“We are asking New Yorkers to avoid all nonessential travel.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 22, 2026

First, I put the Hab on low-power mode: no internal lights, all nonessential systems offline, all internal heating suspended.

From "The Martian" by Andy Weir