nonstandard
Example Sentences
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The U.S. military is using nonstandard contracts and tasking defense contractors to design new weapons from scratch to cut years off production times and hundreds of millions of dollars off their cost.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 15, 2026
A nonstandard contract under the Pentagon’s “other transaction authority” gives CoAspire more flexibility to build a missile it can make today rather than delaying production months or longer to meet rigid program requirements.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 15, 2026
Some have more nonstandard options like gift cards or Amazon Pay.
From Salon ● Feb. 11, 2026
"We actually had to do something nonstandard to achieve this," Bonagiri said.
From Science Daily ● Feb. 29, 2024
Double negatives, ain’t, and other nonstandard forms soon became stigmatized by their association with the less prestigious dialects of English used by its poorer and less educated speakers.
From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker
