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Recent Examples of informally
Other educators who spoke to the Herald describe parents cutting back on extracurricular activities, avoiding school pick-up and drop-off lines, and even keeping children home to study informally.
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Miami Herald, 13 Sep. 2025
When actually on the way to the stadium itself, players dressed informally, sometimes just in team sweats.
—Leah Asmelash, CNN Money, 11 Sep. 2025
Reports about the headset have also informally referred to it as Galaxy XR all year.
—PC Magazine, 11 Sep. 2025
Tradesmen are formally as well as informally trained to troubleshoot problems and use interdisciplinary skills to reach positive outcomes.
—Dan Ringo, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
Wellness programming includes sunrise yoga and sound healing ceremonies; more informally, guests can also enjoy the pristine seaside location and lazy afternoons by the plunge pool.
—Michaela Trimble, Vogue, 27 Aug. 2025
What has amazed Boudreau even more is that even as the project was suspended, many staff members kept working informally — keeping tabs on the famine situation in their country.
—Gabrielle Emanuel, NPR, 13 Aug. 2025
Common folk developed their own cheap and simple remedies, says Schult, passed down from generation to generation at first informally, then, by the 19th century, increasingly in handwritten recipe books or in almanacs meant for a slightly wider audience.
—Mark Hay, Popular Science, 13 Aug. 2025
The tradition of naming storms began informally, with sailors naming storms after saints' feast days and WWII meteorologists using women's names for easier reference.
—Hannah Parry
amanda Castro
anna Commander, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Aug. 2025
Miami Herald, 13 Sep. 2025
When actually on the way to the stadium itself, players dressed informally, sometimes just in team sweats.
—Leah Asmelash, CNN Money, 11 Sep. 2025
Reports about the headset have also informally referred to it as Galaxy XR all year.
—PC Magazine, 11 Sep. 2025
Tradesmen are formally as well as informally trained to troubleshoot problems and use interdisciplinary skills to reach positive outcomes.
—Dan Ringo, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
Wellness programming includes sunrise yoga and sound healing ceremonies; more informally, guests can also enjoy the pristine seaside location and lazy afternoons by the plunge pool.
—Michaela Trimble, Vogue, 27 Aug. 2025
What has amazed Boudreau even more is that even as the project was suspended, many staff members kept working informally — keeping tabs on the famine situation in their country.
—Gabrielle Emanuel, NPR, 13 Aug. 2025
Common folk developed their own cheap and simple remedies, says Schult, passed down from generation to generation at first informally, then, by the 19th century, increasingly in handwritten recipe books or in almanacs meant for a slightly wider audience.
—Mark Hay, Popular Science, 13 Aug. 2025
The tradition of naming storms began informally, with sailors naming storms after saints' feast days and WWII meteorologists using women's names for easier reference.
—Hannah Parry
amanda Castro
anna Commander, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for informally
Adverb
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Thou shalt pose for the cover, ideally smiling and having a casually joyous time.—
Amiel Stanek,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
15 Sep. 2025
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Create Short, Snappy Messages Short, snappy messaging is great while people are in the mindset to casually scroll on social media.—
Expert Panel®,
Forbes.com,
15 Sep. 2025
Adverb
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Guterres noted that others working for the UN, as well as people working with NGOs, civil society and diplomatic missions, have been arbitrarily detained in Yemen since 2021.—
Catherine Nicholls,
CNN Money,
31 Aug. 2025
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Thus, rather than allowing each AI maker to arbitrarily determine the rules to be employed, have lawmakers make those decisions and codify them into laws.—
Lance Eliot,
Forbes.com,
28 Aug. 2025
Adverb
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Wallets, coins, and rings are carelessly passed around this little society, and messages are corrupted—from Orsino’s wooing of Olivia, which is accidentally undone by his own go-between, Viola, to the letters that deceive Malvolio.—
Helen Shaw,
New Yorker,
22 Aug. 2025
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But also just a touch ironic — like a man handing out fire safety pamphlets while carelessly flipping burgers over a bonfire on his porch.—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
7 Aug. 2025
Adverb
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Huffman recently whimsically hinted at his enthusiasm about representing new territory.—
David Mark,
The Washington Examiner,
5 Sep. 2025
Adverb
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Large groups were indiscriminately huddled together and riddled with machine gun fire.—
David Ehrlich,
IndieWire,
29 Aug. 2025
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In times of uncertainty, there can be a knee-jerk reaction to either resist any cuts or to cut indiscriminately.—
Leila Saad,
Forbes.com,
20 Aug. 2025
Adverb
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Political factions are steered by big personalities, and politicians jump promiscuously between parties.—
BEN BLAND,
Foreign Affairs,
13 Feb. 2024
Adverb
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Both moons are irregularly shaped.—
Nola Taylor Tillman,
Space.com,
1 Sep. 2025
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“Informally.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/informally. Accessed 16 Sep. 2025.
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