informal

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Chemaf’s founder, Shiraz Virji, son of a Zanzibar spice merchant, once hired dozens of Gurkhas, Nepalese soldiers with a reputation for fierceness, to guard one of the company’s mines against incursions by informal miners.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 31, 2026

The G7 -- an informal grouping of the United States, Canada, Britain, France, Germany, Italy and Japan -- helps shape policy debates in the world's wealthiest nations.

From Barron's • Mar. 30, 2026

Among your social circle, establish what West calls “an informal understanding” that you will check on each other if one of you needs long-term care.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 26, 2026

Becerra, Thurmond, Villaraigosa and Yee have reportedly formed an informal pact not to participate in any debate that does not include all of them, which Yee referenced in a Tuesday afternoon news conference.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 24, 2026

But in informal writing and conversation, if no one's likely to mistake your meaning it's fine to put only where it seems most natural—usually in front of the verb: I’m only saying this once.

From "Woe Is I" by Patricia T. O'Conner