How to Use nonessential in a Sentence

nonessential

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  • When the city shut down all nonessential businesses, he was laid off.
    — New York Times, 3 Dec. 2021
  • Inna spent a moment thinking about a nonessential item to bring.
    — Ed Caesar, The New Yorker, 20 June 2022
  • This is a good time to put off any larger, nonessential purchases.
    — Alicia Adamczyk, Fortune, 22 June 2022
  • Finally, there’s a low power mode, like the iPhone’s, that shuts off nonessential features and extends the watch’s battery life to up to 36 hours.
    — Nicole Nguyen, WSJ, 15 Sep. 2022
  • Land borders will also reopen early next month for nonessential travel, the first time that will be the case in 19 months.
    — Karen Kaplan Science and Medicine Editor, Los Angeles Times, 15 Oct. 2021
  • The mine continued to produce gold until 1943, when it was deemed nonessential to the World War II effort and ordered to shut down.
    — Loren Holmes, Anchorage Daily News, 9 Aug. 2022
  • Brussels also wants to end the EU's safe-country list for nonessential travel.
    — Arkansas Online, 26 Nov. 2021
  • Some 21% of the people who are in the paycheck-to-paycheck situation say nonessential spending is to blame.
    — Bychris Morris, Fortune, 31 Aug. 2023
  • But when the pandemic forced nonessential businesses to close in mid-March 2020, Stack locked her D.C. studio and let the lease expire.
    — John D. Harden, Washington Post, 24 May 2022
  • The United States told its nonessential staff and their family members at the Shanghai consulate to leave.
    — Jack Kelly, Forbes, 12 Apr. 2022
  • Officials asked residents to avoid all nonessential travel during the peak of the storm.
    — Laura L. Davis, USA TODAY, 12 Jan. 2023
  • Kalach’s main goal was to dispense with anything nonessential to resting, reading or staring at the ocean.
    — Suleman Anaya Fabian Martinez, New York Times, 20 Sep. 2023
  • The agency also says not to burn leaves or yard clippings and to avoid using fireplaces or fire pits for nonessential reasons.
    — Victoria Moorwood, The Enquirer, 13 June 2022
  • Sales have weakened this year as consumers pare back on purchases of nonessential items.
    — Ruth Simon, WSJ, 22 May 2022
  • In Tianjin, like in many cities, residents have been ordered not to leave for nonessential travel.
    — Washington Post, 16 Mar. 2022
  • Officials asked nonessential travelers to stay away from the area.
    — Libor Jany, Los Angeles Times, 1 Apr. 2024
  • Over time, the Voyager team has commanded the probes to turn off instrument heaters and other nonessential systems.
    — Ashley Strickland, CNN, 10 May 2023
  • The stay-at-home order took effect just a few days later, on March 23, closing nonessential businesses in Ohio.
    — Anne Nickoloff, cleveland, 9 Feb. 2022
  • City of Cincinnati and Hamilton County offices and nonessential services will be closed.
    — Emily Deletter, The Enquirer, 29 June 2022
  • Losey said people are saving less each month and buying fewer nonessential things.
    — Dallas News, 3 Mar. 2023
  • Avoid using fire pits or fireplaces for nonessential home heating.
    — Haadiza Ogwude, The Enquirer, 9 June 2023
  • Andrew Cuomo ordered all nonessential businesses to close statewide and had shut down schools.
    — Teny Sahakian, Fox News, 30 Dec. 2021
  • Water hawks across the region are warning residents that now is not the time to be using too much water on nonessential landscapes, like a lawn.
    — From Usa Today Network and Wire Reports, USA TODAY, 6 June 2022
  • Meanwhile, a consumer at the same drugstore might pay a sales tax on Tampax or Huggies, which are considered nonessential items.
    — Leticia Miranda, NBC News, 11 Aug. 2022
  • It’s estimated that there could be a 2 percent decrease in consumer spending on nonessential goods but not enough to hurt the economy in the long run.
    — Phillip Molnar, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 July 2023
  • Other polls have shown people cutting back on dining out, takeouts and nonessential food.
    — New York Times, 26 May 2022
  • Bars, restaurants, nonessential stores, cinemas and theaters were among the public places forced to shut from 5 p.m. until 5 a.m. under the new lockdown.
    — Mike Corder, ajc, 28 Nov. 2021
  • Companies are reducing the pace of new hires, and consumers are spending less on nonessential goods amid rising fuel and food costs.
    — Andrew Jeong, Washington Post, 4 Aug. 2022
  • Although the rest of the state remains open to visitors, officials have asked nonresidents to leave Maui and urged others to avoid nonessential trips to the island.
    — Alexandra E. Petri, Los Angeles Times, 11 Aug. 2023
  • The ban on nonessential out-of-state travel for city officials was implemented by Adams in September.
    — Chris Sommerfeldt, New York Daily News, 21 Feb. 2024

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