nonstandard
Example Sentences
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“Our financial system and our economy have collided with a totally nonstandard situation,” Elvira Nabiullina, the head of the central bank, said afterward.
From Seattle Times
“Using nonstandard antennas and techniques, the signals could be propagated with low loss through air for tens to hundreds of meters, and with some loss, through most building materials,” the summary stated.
From Washington Post
“In the case of invasion or other nonstandard situation on the state border, we shall act, but for the moment everything is going according to plan.”
From New York Times
Video game players with disabilities can also circumvent systems that prevent them from using nonstandard input devices on computers, although the exemptions don’t add some broader requested accessibility protections.
From The Verge
There are several benefits to this nonstandard approach.
From Salon
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