casual

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In 2005, an NBA dress code asked players to dress "business casual" while representing the sport - an attempt to banish streetwear from the league.

From BBC • Apr. 4, 2026

He has a casual demeanor and speaks English with an American accent picked up bingeing shows including “Entourage” and “The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 4, 2026

Stockman walked readers through the enormous gap between the casual assumption that there were vast amounts of bloat and free money in the federal budget and the actual reality when you looked at the numbers.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 3, 2026

And over the course of “The Masked Singer” season, Simpson finally proved to those casual observers that she has a voice and knows how to use it.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 2, 2026

“Why do you ask?” he said, his tone painfully casual, like this was all so dull to him.

From "Not Nothing" by Gayle Forman