nonstandard

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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

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

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

Figure 1.8: It is rare these days to see the G and F clefs in these nonstandard positions.

From "Understanding Basic Music Theory" by Catherine Schmidt-Jones and Russel Jones