informality

Example Sentences

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“There’s an inconsistency between the seriousness of war and the informality of social media,” said Richard Haass, president emeritus of the Council on Foreign Relations.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 20, 2026

"Resilient growth and stable unemployment figures should not distract us from the deeper reality: hundreds of millions of workers remain trapped in poverty, informality, and exclusion," ILO chief Gilbert Houngbo said in a statement.

From Barron's • Jan. 14, 2026

But from the moment he was elected in 2013, Pope Francis came with an informality and a smile that put the people he met at their ease.

From BBC • Apr. 21, 2025

The feisty small company regularly attracts young audiences drawn to the informality of its performances, which might be in a club, garden or cemetery.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 6, 2024

Everyone, meanwhile, appears to be blending into a classless crowd, shedding the showiest kinds of high-status clothes in favor of a jeans-and-sweatsuit informality.

From "Class Matters" by The New York Times