informal
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The SEC plans to weigh revising its auditor independence rules over the next year, starting with informal guidance.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 7, 2026
Capp suggests there may have been an informal understanding between robbers and victims.
From Science Daily • May 7, 2026
The meeting breaks up around 2 p.m. and is followed by music-filled, informal mingling, where the participants discuss the book and the afternoon.
From Los Angeles Times • May 4, 2026
The first day of the trip featured a more informal welcome, with the Trumps treating Charles and Camilla to tea and cakes in the White House before showing them beehives on the famed lawn.
From Barron's • Apr. 28, 2026
They were controlled by “big men,” the social scientist’s term for the alpha male who is able in such informal settings to enforce his will through persuasion or force.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
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