nonstandard

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The company will no longer exclude stock-based pay from its nonstandard financial metrics.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 10, 2026

Some have more nonstandard options like gift cards or Amazon Pay.

From Salon • Feb. 11, 2026

Studies have consistently shown that nonstandard work schedules -- working outside the traditional nine-to-five workday -- can negatively impact physical and mental health as well as social and family life.

From Science Daily • Apr. 3, 2024

Anyone who pursues a nonstandard creative career in America and doesn’t have generational wealth or a rich spouse will likely hold at least two jobs.

From Slate • Jan. 3, 2024

As originally conceived, in 2003, the subprime mortgage credit default swap was a one-off, nonstandard insurance contract, struck between Morgan Stanley and some other bank or insurance company, outside the gaze of the wider market.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis