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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for nonofficial
Adjective
  • Newest additions Jordan Clarkson and Guerschon Yabusele struggled a bit in their unofficial debuts.
    James L. Edwards III, New York Times, 2 Oct. 2025
  • The work was crafted from a mold for making busts of the Khmer king Jayavarman VII (1122–1218) and is the third iteration in an unofficial series of pieces based on the ruler.
    Aaina Bhargava, Artforum, 1 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • The hotel currently has signs warning people that unauthorized vehicles can be towed.
    Michelle Marchante September 26, Miami Herald, 26 Sep. 2025
  • Prior to the crackdown, job growth in industries that rely on unauthorized immigrants kept pace with the rest of the private sector.
    Patricia Lopez, Mercury News, 26 Sep. 2025

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“Nonofficial.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nonofficial. Accessed 6 Oct. 2025.

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