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

Peter Lund and his late wife Andrea informally "adopted" Diaco when they grew to know him and love him.

From BBC • Mar. 15, 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 notable than the snowfall itself was the prolonged blast of extreme cold that followed, hardening snow into what has been informally dubbed "snowcrete" and making cleanup efforts especially difficult.

From Barron's • Feb. 2, 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