nonofficial

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Recent Examples of nonofficial The nonofficial government department entered the SSA in February, a move that has been highly controversial. Lee Habeeb, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Apr. 2025 The biggest rule of thumb or nonofficial recession indicator is the technical notion of back-to-back quarterly contractions in real gross domestic product — the broadest measure of economic activity. Alicia Wallace, CNN, 10 Mar. 2025 According to the news outlet, Barber worked in the U.S. Air Force and was also recruited into Air Force Special Operations, and later worked in a nonofficial capacity for the Defense Department and the intelligence community. Justin Gest, Newsweek, 20 Jan. 2025 In a country where nonofficial independent media has been largely stifled under Chavismo—the colloquial name given to the quarter century of political control by the late strongman Hugo Chávez and his successor, Maduro—social-media apps play an important role as a communications lifeline. Jon Lee Anderson, The New Yorker, 13 Aug. 2024 See All Example Sentences for nonofficial
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Adjective
  • The crowded field of candidates for City Council at-large and District 7 races slimmed down following Tuesday’s preliminary municipal election, with unofficial city tallies showing at-large incumbents handily holding onto their spots and two District 7 eking out narrow victories.
    Grace Zokovitch, Boston Herald, 10 Sep. 2025
  • Sedona is an International Dark Sky Community where regulations govern nighttime light pollution and trailhead parking lots double as unofficial stargazing centers.
    New York Times, New York Times, 10 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • The elder Hendrix sued Branton in 1993, claiming that the business had been mismanaged and that the attorney conducted unauthorized transactions.
    Mike Alleyne Ph.D, Forbes.com, 13 Sep. 2025
  • This rampant, unauthorized AI use degrades the educational experience of individual students who overly rely on the technology and those who wish to avoid using it.
    Tyler Austin Harper, The Atlantic, 11 Sep. 2025

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“Nonofficial.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nonofficial. Accessed 15 Sep. 2025.

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