informal
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The largely informal opposition had consisted mainly of local cities that warned another sales tax would disproportionately burden the poorest residents and force shoppers across the county border in hopes of finding lower costs.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 10, 2026
Some entities already have received informal warnings or requests to maintain records.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 4, 2026
Daniel, the foreman in this remote, informal, small-scale mine in Kono, the diamond region of Sierra Leone, shows me the gravel he's picking through with his fingers.
From BBC • Jun. 3, 2026
One piece of family history which Dowden was aware of, but did not fully understand, concerned her great-grandfather's decision to put his youngest child, Frank - her grandfather - up for informal adoption.
From BBC • Jun. 1, 2026
He called Mama by my last name, not knowing that I was an informal adoptee.
From "Bad Boy" by Walter Dean Myers
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