informal
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They are an informal agreement between the people involved in an incident, and do not lead to a criminal record.
From BBC ● Jul. 17, 2026
Mr. Netanyahu has directed Israel’s diplomacy for 16 of the past 17 years, resulting in many formal and informal alignments with nations that had long been among Israel’s sworn enemies.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 15, 2026
He pointed to an informal opinion about video resumes from the federal government’s Equal Employment Opportunity Commission in 2010.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 15, 2026
A former altar boy, he grew up as one of seven children in Nairobi informal settlements, and his parents scraped together enough to send him to school and university, where he studied criminology.
From Barron's ● Jul. 13, 2026
The agent, a stocky, somewhat bald, rather informal man named Bob Johnson, hoped his client wasn’t having last-minute doubts.
From "In Cold Blood" by Truman Capote
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