informally

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Senior lawmakers including Meeks informally approved of the sale several months ago.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 1, 2026

Ilhan Omar of Minnesota and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York, both members of the progressive group informally known as “the Squad.”

From Salon • May 24, 2026

He informally referred to them as "Tylosaurus thalassotyrannus," meaning "sea tyrant."

From Science Daily • May 23, 2026

Altman in early 2025 asked former Twitter CEO Parag Agrawal to informally consult a team inside OpenAI working on making a social-media project similar to X, according to the Journal.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 31, 2026

After graduating, he continued to hang around the Washington shell house, informally advising students and coaches and generally helping out.

From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown