informal

Example Sentences

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They did so based on informal assurances from the administration that it would consult members of Congress before taking military action.

From Los Angeles Times

Nearly two dozen European football association heads held informal talks in Budapest last week to discuss their participation in the World Cup.

From Los Angeles Times

While "border tsar" is an informal term and position, it refers to an executive-branch role overseeing border and immigration policy across multiple agencies.

From BBC

Sporong is an informal settlement about 50 kilometres from Johannesburg, South Africa's economic capital that was built on a gold rush 140 years ago.

From Barron's

The way football is broadcast manages to obliterate any difference between an informal consumer and a face-painting fanatic.

From Los Angeles Times