informally
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Vendors like her are informally known as “Schatzis,” German for “sweethearts.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 3, 2026
The former staff member at Shoreditch House, Kamran Khan, first raised concerns informally about the alleged re-labelling practice before formally filing a complaint with Soho House.
From BBC ● Sep. 29, 2026
Paleontologists have sometimes informally called zhelestids "Cretaceous rabbits" because they resembled rabbits despite being only distantly related to modern ones.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 28, 2026
Canada is eyeing ways to informally lock into Europe’s $21 trillion market so goods, services and workers in strategic industries like energy, AI and defense can move frictionlessly across the Atlantic.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 13, 2026
Because nothing like the full-blooded machinery of a modern political party system existed, Adams conveyed his tentative scheme for a bipartisan initiative informally through letters and conversations sure to be picked up by the press.
From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis
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