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Recent Examples of nonstandard
Platforms powered by compounders offering medications Big Pharma never prioritized: low-cost combo topicals, precise dosing, and nonstandard formats that reflect real-world patient needs.
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Sindhya Valloppillil, Forbes.com, 8 July 2025
The buttons for switching between these sections are across the bottom of the interface, which is itself nonstandard (most people would look to the top of the interface).
—PC Magazine, 9 June 2025
The only way to give riders the assurance their helmet is safe is to ensure that nonstandard helmets don’t reach the market.
—Tanya Mohn, Forbes, 24 Feb. 2025
Additionally, the numeric keypad has a nonstandard three-column layout with narrow keys.
—PCMAG, 10 Feb. 2025
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Sindhya Valloppillil, Forbes.com, 8 July 2025
The buttons for switching between these sections are across the bottom of the interface, which is itself nonstandard (most people would look to the top of the interface).
—PC Magazine, 9 June 2025
The only way to give riders the assurance their helmet is safe is to ensure that nonstandard helmets don’t reach the market.
—Tanya Mohn, Forbes, 24 Feb. 2025
Additionally, the numeric keypad has a nonstandard three-column layout with narrow keys.
—PCMAG, 10 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for nonstandard
Adjective
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Some are building chatbot therapists trained on dialectical behavior therapy.—
Kolawole Samuel Adebayo,
Forbes.com,
25 July 2025
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See a mental health professional: If accessible to you, therapy approaches like cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) or dialectical behavior therapy (DBT) can build mental and emotional resilience.—
Jakob Roze,
Health,
19 June 2025
Adjective
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The ten member states of the regional security organization are meeting from Sunday to Monday in the northern Chinese port city of Tianjin, along with observer and host countries.—
Anniek Bao,
CNBC,
2 Sep. 2025
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Advertisement At least three people were killed in Makassar, the capital of South Sulawesi, after a regional parliament building was set on fire on Friday, local officials said.—
Chad de Guzman,
Time,
1 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Despite these demands, and despite the colloquial title of elite firefighter, hotshots weren’t officially categorized as firefighters until the summer of 2022.—
River Selby
August 25,
Literary Hub,
25 Aug. 2025
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Gilbert’s colloquial style, once a source of great pleasure, has tipped into new territory—an ingenuousness that blends guru and disciple, mother and child.—
Jia Tolentino,
New Yorker,
25 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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The musical tastes and vernacular of Abbie and Leila also come from that era of Martin's life.—
EW.com,
EW.com,
31 July 2025
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There are terms of affection for groups of players like the Busby Babes or Fergie’s Fledglings, but these were coined and used by journalists and not used in everyday vernacular.—
Andy Mitten,
New York Times,
30 July 2025
Adjective
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Secondary school students in less affluent states will find themselves with substandard educational offerings that may serve as handicaps when those students compete with those who have benefited from enriched educational opportunities provided in wealthier states.—
Blake D. Morant,
Forbes.com,
25 Aug. 2025
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There were allegations of billing irregularities and substandard care.—
Teri Sforza,
Oc Register,
22 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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Since the start of the war in Ukraine, more than 272,000 children in Ukraine have benefitted from learning interventions with supplies provided by UNICEF, and over 400,000 children have engaged in formal or nonformal education.—
Sarah Ferguson,
Forbes,
18 Aug. 2022
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But even Cunard has nonformal settings where dressed-down can go, including the buffet, casino and pub.—
Hannah Sampson,
Houston Chronicle,
20 Dec. 2019
Adjective
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How the New Rules Work Commercial carriers, which handle the vast majority de minimis parcels, must now file either informal or formal entry documentation and pay the applicable tariffs.—
Aliss Higham,
MSNBC Newsweek,
29 Aug. 2025
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Like, these have all been informal entries.—
Gabrielle Fonrouge,Melissa Repko,Annie Palmer,
CNBC,
29 Aug. 2025
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“Nonstandard.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nonstandard. Accessed 5 Sep. 2025.
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