informal
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Current and former controllers say managers have often condoned their leaving before their shifts officially end, and it is seen as an informal perk after busy stretches working air traffic.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 27, 2026
"I'll continue to, hopefully, maintain an informal relationship with the PM and his team," he added.
From BBC ● Aug. 22, 2026
The informal mechanism has persisted, in various forms, despite criticism from countries opposed to the opaque process.
From Barron's ● Aug. 21, 2026
Costa Rica's Rebeca Grynspan was the front-runner after last month's first informal vote, in which the council's 15 members, including the five with veto power, pass judgment in secret on the candidates.
From Barron's ● Aug. 21, 2026
She was widowed, she was thirty-seven, and she was to become what he had termed an informal housekeeper.
From "I'm the King of the Castle" by Susan Hill
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