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Recent Examples of informally
Small steps feel more achievable and help build confidence, allowing employees to address tensions early and informally.
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Anna Shields,
Forbes.com,
26 June 2026
The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, known informally as food stamps, provides monthly payments to help low-income residents to buy food.
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Dan Raby,
CBS News,
25 June 2026
By her side sits her companion, Penelope Jardine, dressed comparatively informally in a loose-fitting shirt, trousers and a pair of scuffed espadrilles.
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Literary Hub,
9 June 2026
The list of athletes who have a rule named in their honor, however informally, is brief and prestigious.
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Sean Gregory,
Time,
9 June 2026
The Hollywood Reporter recently informally surveyed agents, managers and executives to name who from that world is poised for a breakout, and Phillips was among those names.
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Aaron Couch,
HollywoodReporter,
4 June 2026
For months, federal officials have been meeting with states informally and giving them guidance, and states understood that people with conditions where continuous health insurance coverage was really important would be exempt.
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Selena Simmons-Duffin,
NPR,
3 June 2026
When the 16 coaches were informally polled about doubling the size of the playoff field during one of their sessions at the Big 12 spring meetings, all of them raised their hands.
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ABC News,
28 May 2026
Initially, Lyndes informally suggested the renovation project during a city budget planning session in early April.
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Barbara Henry,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
18 May 2026
Anna Shields,
Forbes.com,
26 June 2026
The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, known informally as food stamps, provides monthly payments to help low-income residents to buy food.
—
Dan Raby,
CBS News,
25 June 2026
By her side sits her companion, Penelope Jardine, dressed comparatively informally in a loose-fitting shirt, trousers and a pair of scuffed espadrilles.
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Literary Hub,
9 June 2026
The list of athletes who have a rule named in their honor, however informally, is brief and prestigious.
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Sean Gregory,
Time,
9 June 2026
The Hollywood Reporter recently informally surveyed agents, managers and executives to name who from that world is poised for a breakout, and Phillips was among those names.
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Aaron Couch,
HollywoodReporter,
4 June 2026
For months, federal officials have been meeting with states informally and giving them guidance, and states understood that people with conditions where continuous health insurance coverage was really important would be exempt.
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Selena Simmons-Duffin,
NPR,
3 June 2026
When the 16 coaches were informally polled about doubling the size of the playoff field during one of their sessions at the Big 12 spring meetings, all of them raised their hands.
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ABC News,
28 May 2026
Initially, Lyndes informally suggested the renovation project during a city budget planning session in early April.
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Barbara Henry,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
18 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for informally
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Cybersecurity buyers rarely engage casually.
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In one stunning shot, a dragon surges into battle, casually dragging a toe across the water.
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These are not arbitrarily inserted ads.
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This included the minutes that referees would seemingly arbitrarily add to each half.
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Under a new Douglas County ordinance, illegally operating an OHV, driving one carelessly or recklessly, and not wearing a helmet if under 18 could land you with up to a $1,000 fine.
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If used carelessly, the result can end up containing less information than live action while also feeling less fluid and appealing than conventional animation.
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Out in the high desert near Cabazon, my favorite stops are Hadley’s Fruit Orchards, home of the famous Hadley date shakes, and the whimsically Cabazon Dinosaur sculptors.
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No landlord would allow an occupant to change his property without approval, let alone whimsically destroy a third of it.
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Over a century later, the Himalayan blackberry has spread far beyond the modest backyard bounds its importers envisioned, opting instead to take over indiscriminately and displace the native trailing blackberry (Rubus ursinus) in the process.
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The soldiers fire their rifles almost indiscriminately, in other scenes ziplining just a few hundred feet from passing taxis and motorcycles.
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Huxley’s critique is clear; America mistakes body for spirit, promiscuously confusing the physical with the metaphysical.
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Political factions are steered by big personalities, and politicians jump promiscuously between parties.
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Someone who gets hives or has gastrointestinal distress irregularly might not identify their dinner as the trigger of the symptoms, or might assume food poisoning.
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Atrial fibrillation, or AFib, meant that his heart was beating irregularly, which could lead to blood clots, stroke, or heart failure.
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America is offhandedly disregarding science.
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Sometimes, Academy Award-winning actress Sandra Bullock will offhandedly give you career advice.
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“Informally.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/informally. Accessed 29 Jun. 2026.
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