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Recent Examples of informally
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
The project started informally almost a decade ago between Arthur and Clarke, long before the idea of making a record.
—David Chiu, Forbes.com, 28 May 2026
Initially, Lyndes informally suggested the renovation project during a city budget planning session in early April.
—Barbara Henry, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 May 2026
Instead, the conversation tends to play out informally, among audiences and peers.
—Seth Abramovitch, HollywoodReporter, 15 May 2026
Before the Twenty-fifth, Presidents had informally handed over power to the Vice-President during medical issues or temporary absences, but always voluntarily.
—Diego Lasarte, New Yorker, 4 May 2026
Crawling the walls Orson Welles learned to draw from his mother, who informally homeschooled the budding artist during his childhood, which was marked by grave illnesses including malaria and diphtheria.
—Michelle Duncan, Architectural Digest, 22 Apr. 2026
The public signing of the Executive Order 26-3 comes in the final three weeks of a legislative session that has yet to resolve how much of the $500 million informally earmarked for addressing affordability issues will go to aid for municipalities facing sharply higher education costs.
—Mark Pazniokas, Hartford Courant, 17 Apr. 2026
Initially, the parties try to resolve the matter informally.
—Steve Sadin, Chicago Tribune, 15 Apr. 2026
ABC News, 28 May 2026
The project started informally almost a decade ago between Arthur and Clarke, long before the idea of making a record.
—David Chiu, Forbes.com, 28 May 2026
Initially, Lyndes informally suggested the renovation project during a city budget planning session in early April.
—Barbara Henry, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 May 2026
Instead, the conversation tends to play out informally, among audiences and peers.
—Seth Abramovitch, HollywoodReporter, 15 May 2026
Before the Twenty-fifth, Presidents had informally handed over power to the Vice-President during medical issues or temporary absences, but always voluntarily.
—Diego Lasarte, New Yorker, 4 May 2026
Crawling the walls Orson Welles learned to draw from his mother, who informally homeschooled the budding artist during his childhood, which was marked by grave illnesses including malaria and diphtheria.
—Michelle Duncan, Architectural Digest, 22 Apr. 2026
The public signing of the Executive Order 26-3 comes in the final three weeks of a legislative session that has yet to resolve how much of the $500 million informally earmarked for addressing affordability issues will go to aid for municipalities facing sharply higher education costs.
—Mark Pazniokas, Hartford Courant, 17 Apr. 2026
Initially, the parties try to resolve the matter informally.
—Steve Sadin, Chicago Tribune, 15 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for informally
Adverb
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Collaboration is not a word Seehorn deploys casually.—
Dana Harris-Bridson,
IndieWire,
2 June 2026
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Sorry to just casually mention that Rue died 45 minutes into the episode.—
Rafaela Bassili,
Vulture,
1 June 2026
Adverb
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The hundreds of thousands of people every year who have been clearing the legal requirements of adjustment of status cannot have their rights cut off arbitrarily.—
Cassandra Burke Robertson,
The Conversation,
27 May 2026
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The people whose few belongings were being arbitrarily picked up and thrown by a crane into the trash were not harassing staff.—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
24 May 2026
Adverb
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Done carelessly, a ban is unlikely to succeed.—
Mercury News Editorial Board,
Mercury News,
27 May 2026
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But the same tool, used carelessly, will do real harm.—
Lutz Finger,
Forbes.com,
25 May 2026
Adverb
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No landlord would allow an occupant to change his property without approval, let alone whimsically destroy a third of it.—
Letters to the Editor,
The Orlando Sentinel,
7 Apr. 2026
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Something this rare — this pink, this whimsically named — had been thriving just steps away from a local community, entirely unrecognized until the survey team went out to look.—
Hanna Wickes,
Miami Herald,
13 Mar. 2026
Adverb
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Once outside, the suspect fired indiscriminately, hitting other houses and possibly a vehicle in the immediate area, Sutter said.—
Nathaniel Percy,
Oc Register,
20 May 2026
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Innate defenses include everything from physical barriers—skin, mucous, gastric acid—to immune cells that can indiscriminately gobble invaders, as well as chemical signals that can swiftly ignite generic inflammation.—
Beth Mole,
ArsTechnica,
15 May 2026
Adverb
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Huxley’s critique is clear; America mistakes body for spirit, promiscuously confusing the physical with the metaphysical.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
21 May 2026
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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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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.—
Eva Flowe
May 29,
Charlotte Observer,
29 May 2026
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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.—
Vanessa Etienne,
PEOPLE,
15 May 2026
Adverb
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America is offhandedly disregarding science.—
Voice of the People,
New York Daily News,
15 May 2026
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Sometimes, Academy Award-winning actress Sandra Bullock will offhandedly give you career advice.—
CT Jones,
Rolling Stone,
28 Nov. 2025
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“Informally.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/informally. Accessed 7 Jun. 2026.
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