informality

Example Sentences

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"Resilient growth and stable unemployment figures should not distract us from the deeper reality: hundreds of millions of workers remain trapped in poverty, informality, and exclusion," ILO chief Gilbert Houngbo said in a statement.

From Barron's • Jan. 14, 2026

An active participant in proceedings, he at times asks questions of witnesses himself, and is known for occasional informality.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 11, 2026

Forty years ago, Danny Meyer opened Union Square Cafe in Manhattan with a combination of informality and refinement.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 31, 2025

While sharing similar tenets like low-slung horizontality, natural materials and warm informality, some incorporate elements of Colonial or Spanish architecture, others take on a bit of Swiss Chalet.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 8, 2025

Everyone, meanwhile, appears to be blending into a classless crowd, shedding the showiest kinds of high-status clothes in favor of a jeans-and-sweatsuit informality.

From "Class Matters" by The New York Times