nonstandard

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The second gallery contains other related, nonstandard photographs.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 25, 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

However, they don’t fit nonstandard spaces very well, and they’re harder to retrofit into existing spaces, so they work best in new construction.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 13, 2023

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