nonnecessity

noun

Definition of nonnecessitynext
as in incidental

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  1. incidental
  2. luxury
  3. filler
  4. equipment
  5. subsidiary
  6. extra
  7. nonessential
  8. embroidery
Noun
  • Select one qualifying airline to receive up to $200 back per year on baggage fees and other incidentals.
    — Jason Stauffer, CNBC, 2 June 2026
  • That includes park tickets, lodging, meals, ground transportation, and incidentals for all three people.
    — Eve Chen, USA Today, 14 May 2026
Definition of incidental
Noun
  • Rather than replicating the formula of an international luxury chain, Elegance has built its reputation on intimate hotels that celebrate Vietnamese hospitality, thoughtful design, and sense of place.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 22 Oct. 2026
  • Mohamed brings more than two decades of global experience leading product strategy from concept through to market for luxury, fashion and lifestyle brands.
    — Lisa Lockwood, Footwear News, 22 Oct. 2026
Definition of luxury
Noun
  • Revlon’s product page describes the ink as a brow filler with a pointed applicator, available in four shades.
    — Ashley Lynch, Miami Herald, 21 Oct. 2026
  • So the two started chatting and wondered if there was a resource where they could get connected to couples having a wedding in their area who needed a seat-filler of sorts.
    — Catherina Gioino, Fortune, 20 Oct. 2026
Definition of filler
Noun
  • Federal policy now allows businesses to deduct domestic research costs immediately, leaving more capital available for engineers, prototypes, and equipment.
    — Rick Lazio, Fortune, 24 Oct. 2026
  • There was little in the way of heavy equipment immediately available.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 24 Oct. 2026
Definition of equipment
Noun
  • In April, a federal jury in Manhattan found that Live Nation and its Ticketmaster subsidiary illegally maintained monopoly power.
    — James LaForge, Fortune, 22 Oct. 2026
  • The need-to-know this morning Roivant and its subsidiary Priovant announced positive results across two Phase 3 studies of their drug Lisraya in non-infectious uveitis, an inflammatory eye disease that can lead to vision loss.
    — Elaine Chen, STAT, 21 Oct. 2026
Definition of subsidiary
Noun
  • From 2016 to 2025, Netflix partnered with more than 80 Korean production companies on shows employing upward of 20,000 actors and crew members, along with 70,000 extras and day workers.
    — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 25 Oct. 2026
  • Denali Suites are the splurge, with all of the extras above plus a refrigerator and private balcony looking toward Denali National Park and Preserve.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 23 Oct. 2026
Definition of extra
Noun
  • Anything deemed nonessential would be put on hold, so Americans could experience delays with certain services and hundreds of thousands of federal workers will go without pay.
    — Caitlyn Kim, NPR, 30 Sep. 2025
Definition of nonessential
Noun
  • Leather-like surfaces co-mingle with floral and botanical prints, embellishments and embroidery.
    — Angela Velasquez, Footwear News, 19 Oct. 2026
  • The embroidery follows Apple’s use of stop-motion animation campaigns for the Mac mini and Apple Games, which also followed the route of showing the humans at work behind the animation.
    — Tatiana Sataua, Fortune, 15 Oct. 2026
Definition of embroidery
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