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Recent Examples of nonstandard
The only way to give riders the assurance their helmet is safe is to ensure that nonstandard helmets don’t reach the market.
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Tanya Mohn, Forbes, 24 Feb. 2025
Make a complaint to commercial providers of nonstandard helmets, even transport service providers whose drivers and passengers are not wearing safe helmets.
—Tanya Mohn, Forbes, 24 Feb. 2025
All forms of nonstandard helmets are unsafe helmets.
—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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Tanya Mohn, Forbes, 24 Feb. 2025
Make a complaint to commercial providers of nonstandard helmets, even transport service providers whose drivers and passengers are not wearing safe helmets.
—Tanya Mohn, Forbes, 24 Feb. 2025
All forms of nonstandard helmets are unsafe helmets.
—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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The most thrilling moments in my years of teaching drama have come when in the dialectical heat of class discussion, a new way of understanding a scene or a character’s psychology emerges from conflicting perspectives.—
Charles McNulty,
Los Angeles Times,
14 May 2025
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The authors describe how in the face of grueling interrogations, Bonhoeffer and Dohnanyi drew on their formidable dialectical and legal training in a final act of resistance, deflecting the Gestapo’s accusations, threats, and verbal abuse.—
Peter Hoffmann,
Foreign Affairs,
18 June 2014
Adjective
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Initial claims of a possible abduction prompted a regional Amber Alert and a wide-scale search involving multiple law enforcement agencies.—
Stephen Sorace , Stepheny Price,
FOXNews.com,
20 July 2025
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Located just 10 minutes from Twin Falls and within easy reach of I-84, Patterson Farms provides residents with a convenient commute to major employers, shopping, dining, and regional travel hubs without sacrificing the charm of small-town living.—
Bates Homes,
Idaho Statesman,
20 July 2025
Adjective
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Proposition 12 is the colloquial term for the Farm Animal Confinement Initiative.—
Alan Wooten,
The Washington Examiner,
28 June 2025
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The strawberry moon is the colloquial name for June's full moon, a term originating from Native American tribes who marked the time when wild strawberries reached peak ripeness.—
Kate Nalepinski,
MSNBC Newsweek,
10 June 2025
Adjective
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The undeniable stars are the curvaceous treehouses inspired by the endangered pangolins—the unusual, organic shape sets it apart from the typical tropical villa vernacular.—
Kissa Castaneda,
Forbes.com,
8 July 2025
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That style of neighborhood development — gradually over time, rather than building to completion all at once — also happens to be the secret to creating places with a visually appealing vernacular character, Romem said.—
Marina Bolotnikova,
Vox,
7 July 2025
Adjective
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Falsified or substandard medicines currently account for about 10% of drugs in low- and middle-income countries, the WHO estimates.—
Sally C. Pipes,
The Orlando Sentinel,
11 July 2025
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It is estimated that 162,000 families in Los Angeles, including 50,000 veterans, are living in tents, garages, vehicles and other substandard accommodations, according to a 2021 report by UCLA’s Luskin Center for History and Policy.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
10 July 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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The 10-to-15-second video clips are a nonformal way to engage your customers and tell them about your products.—
Michael Plummer,
Forbes,
3 June 2022
Adjective
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Too informal with answers and language The team acknowledges that Gen Z’s use of slang is one of their defining traits.—
Bryan Robinson,
Forbes.com,
19 July 2025
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As Home Depot spread across America beginning in the 1980s, an informal economy of day laborers looking for work, mostly from Mexico and South America, grew around the company’s sprawling parking lots in cities and suburbs with large immigrant populations.—
Nathaniel Meyersohn,
CNN Money,
18 July 2025
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“Nonstandard.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nonstandard. Accessed 24 Jul. 2025.
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