informally

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In this alternate past, a fatal blood virus, known informally as the Red Wind, has been ravaging the population for about a decade.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 26, 2026

“Every community is different,” said Pumphrey, who has started informally consulting counterparts on the development.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 22, 2026

Retirees often help with rent, student loans, child care, healthcare or emergency expenses, sometimes informally and without clear limits.

From MarketWatch • Feb. 18, 2026

More than 80 percent of India's e-waste is still processed informally, according to a United Nations Development Programme note in October.

From Barron's • Feb. 18, 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