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Recent Examples of informally
Mehl notes that some organizations attempt to manage IT informally, purchasing software subscriptions and hardware without building a structured support system around them.
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Malana Vantyler, USA Today, 18 Mar. 2026
All were dressed informally, except for their sky-high show heels.
—ABC News, 14 Mar. 2026
It is known as Obamacare, but only informally.
—Jeremy Lott, The Washington Examiner, 13 Mar. 2026
In fact, within weeks of taking the job, Franzen informally proposed building a tollway instead of a freeway that had been on the drawing board for 20 years.
—Bob Goldsborough, Chicago Tribune, 7 Mar. 2026
That's why the Coalition of Greater Minnesota Cities, as part of a group informally known as the lead pipes coalition, is advocating for $250 million in lead line replacement funding from the Legislature this session.
—CBS News, 6 Mar. 2026
Behind the scenes during the evening, teams meet with draft prospects both formally and informally.
—Pete Sweeney, Kansas City Star, 5 Mar. 2026
The residential hubs are geared toward low-income residents, with both participating in the federal Low Income Tax Credit program that informally is known as Section 42, according to websites of the respective properties.
—George Avalos, Mercury News, 4 Mar. 2026
The Pintos had informally advised Epstein on real-estate purchases in the past, including in 2010, when Alberto Pinto suggested Epstein purchase historic Pusey House in Oxfordshire.
—Adam Robb, Curbed, 3 Mar. 2026
Malana Vantyler, USA Today, 18 Mar. 2026
All were dressed informally, except for their sky-high show heels.
—ABC News, 14 Mar. 2026
It is known as Obamacare, but only informally.
—Jeremy Lott, The Washington Examiner, 13 Mar. 2026
In fact, within weeks of taking the job, Franzen informally proposed building a tollway instead of a freeway that had been on the drawing board for 20 years.
—Bob Goldsborough, Chicago Tribune, 7 Mar. 2026
That's why the Coalition of Greater Minnesota Cities, as part of a group informally known as the lead pipes coalition, is advocating for $250 million in lead line replacement funding from the Legislature this session.
—CBS News, 6 Mar. 2026
Behind the scenes during the evening, teams meet with draft prospects both formally and informally.
—Pete Sweeney, Kansas City Star, 5 Mar. 2026
The residential hubs are geared toward low-income residents, with both participating in the federal Low Income Tax Credit program that informally is known as Section 42, according to websites of the respective properties.
—George Avalos, Mercury News, 4 Mar. 2026
The Pintos had informally advised Epstein on real-estate purchases in the past, including in 2010, when Alberto Pinto suggested Epstein purchase historic Pusey House in Oxfordshire.
—Adam Robb, Curbed, 3 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for informally
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In one casually stunning composition, Ion looms in the foreground over the rooftops of Cluj in the background.—
Justin Chang,
New Yorker,
27 Mar. 2026
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Before the huge climactic shoot-out — there’s always a huge climactic shoot-out — someone casually goes through a location and places all sorts of extra guns throughout the space, hiding them in refrigerators and under pool tables and whatnot.—
Bilge Ebiri,
Vulture,
27 Mar. 2026
Adverb
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Salvadoran nationals who were deported from the United States have been arbitrarily detained in El Salvador and have disappeared into the Central American nation's prison system, according to a Human Rights Watch report released on Monday.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
17 Mar. 2026
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The dollar amount was chosen arbitrarily based on what voters might accept, and some cynics saw it as a move by a pro-development commission to cozy up to environmentalists.—
Sun Sentinel Editorial Board,
Sun Sentinel,
9 Mar. 2026
Adverb
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Children are not cars whose gas tanks can simply be carelessly overfilled.—
Lauren Arikan,
Baltimore Sun,
5 Mar. 2026
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For the visitors’ winner, Anthony Gordon unwisely attempted to dribble inside his own half and carelessly lost possession.—
Chris Waugh,
New York Times,
2 Mar. 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
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Maude & the Bear, located inside a storybook 1926 Montgomery Ward kit house in Staunton, Virginia, has been whimsically recreated as a modern restaurant and inn.—
USA TODAY NETWORK,
USA Today,
11 Feb. 2026
Adverb
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Users in China and elsewhere have shared stories of OpenClaw run amok, deleting emails indiscriminately or making unauthorized credit card purchases.—
Erin Tan,
NBC news,
23 Mar. 2026
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The specks of light are small bombs, each carrying up to 11 pounds of explosives, which are released at high altitude from the head of the missile before raining down indiscriminately over a wide area.—
Jeremy Diamond,
CNN Money,
12 Mar. 2026
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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Odd pieces that are too small or irregularly shaped to cut into sashimi can be easily minced for spicy poke.—
Stella Fong,
Outside,
10 Mar. 2026
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Currently, Yellowstone’s geyser watch notes that Echinus is continuing to erupt irregularly and that each eruption lasts for 3 to 5 minutes and reaches around 30 feet in height.—
Evie Carrick,
Travel + Leisure,
4 Mar. 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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The tragedy side of things is addressed rather offhandedly — occasionally the movie will remember the boggling grief and betrayal at its center, only to shrug it off again just as quickly.—
Richard Lawson,
HollywoodReporter,
22 Oct. 2025
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“Informally.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/informally. Accessed 2 Apr. 2026.
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