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Recent Examples of nonstandard
Maintaining hydration during nonstandard work hours is crucial for good health and minimizing the adverse effects of circadian rhythm disruption.
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Pamela Assid, Verywell Health, 5 Nov. 2025
WindBorne also plans to use live flight data to allow its weather balloons to autonomously avoid planes, even if planes are flying at a nonstandard altitude, according to the company’s statement.
—Lauren Penington, Denver Post, 21 Oct. 2025
Take slang, the informal nonstandard language that fills our world.
—Literary Hub, 20 Oct. 2025
The keyboard consists of two freestanding halves with a nonstandard key layout.
—PC Magazine, 13 Oct. 2025
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Pamela Assid, Verywell Health, 5 Nov. 2025
WindBorne also plans to use live flight data to allow its weather balloons to autonomously avoid planes, even if planes are flying at a nonstandard altitude, according to the company’s statement.
—Lauren Penington, Denver Post, 21 Oct. 2025
Take slang, the informal nonstandard language that fills our world.
—Literary Hub, 20 Oct. 2025
The keyboard consists of two freestanding halves with a nonstandard key layout.
—PC Magazine, 13 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for nonstandard
Adjective
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In Fiduccia’s perceptive reading, binaries such as abstraction and likeness, form and formlessness, seriality and singularity, take on dialectical tension and interrelation.—
Ara H. Merjian,
ARTnews.com,
16 Apr. 2026
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Cognitive behavioral therapy and dialectical behavior therapy have been found to be significantly helpful for building self-esteem and coping with difficult emotions.—
Kristen Rogers,
CNN Money,
16 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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The Laguna Playhouse has been a regional theater cornerstone of the Southern California performing arts community for more than a century.—
Staff report,
Oc Register,
7 May 2026
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Researchers are trying to dispel inaccurate information, but regional newspapers seem bent on perpetuating fear.—
IEEE Spectrum,
IEEE Spectrum,
7 May 2026
Adjective
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Spaar’s colloquial flippancies only reinforces her fervency.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
1 May 2026
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The women’s game’s limited coverage meant his other honours with Umea — reaching two more UEFA Cup finals and five domestic trophies — were appreciated on a more colloquial level.—
Megan Feringa,
New York Times,
1 May 2026
Adjective
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The sound of motorbikes and cars fade as birds take over with their harmonies all around Nai Lert’s Thai vernacular style all-teak vacation home, built in 1915.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
23 Apr. 2026
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This pattern blends the storytelling rhythm of the Persian mas̄navī (narrative poem written in rhyming couplets) with vernacular Hindi verse forms.—
Encyclopedia Britannica,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
9 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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For years, athletes and others connected to the Iowa State gymnastics program had raised concerns about the substandard conditions of its practice facility and the overall lack of resources, as USA Today reported in a retrospective last month.—
Daniel Libit,
Sportico.com,
27 Apr. 2026
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This reality is forcing families and individuals to live in substandard conditions or pushing them out of their communities.—
Ryan von Weller,
The Orlando Sentinel,
26 Apr. 2026
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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The pair of town hall meetings hosted by law firms operating under the name PFAS Georgia turned out nearly 1,000 people and served as an informal campaign stop for about a dozen political candidates — a nod to the grassroots outrage over the topic.—
DYLAN JACKSON,
ABC News,
6 May 2026
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If that window closes without agreement, an informal arbitration process commences — conducted under WGA auspices, conducted by phone, and conducted fast.—
George Heller,
HollywoodReporter,
6 May 2026
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“Nonstandard.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nonstandard. Accessed 9 May. 2026.
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