informal
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George “Geo” Cook, head of content and audience for Service Broadcasting in Dallas, said he recently conducted an informal poll during brunch.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 13, 2026
An informal indicative ballot held already this year, with a turnout of 48.6%, suggested 90.5% of teachers who are members of the NEU would be prepared to take industrial action over pay.
From BBC • May 9, 2026
Capp suggests there may have been an informal understanding between robbers and victims.
From Science Daily • May 7, 2026
The meeting breaks up around 2 p.m. and is followed by music-filled, informal mingling, where the participants discuss the book and the afternoon.
From Los Angeles Times • May 4, 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
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