informal
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If anything, Coop studies people, studies groups of folks and systems, and how informal and formal systems of specific societies interact.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 13, 2026
Research also shows that women are more likely to continue playing when they receive formal instruction from a professional rather than informal guidance.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 9, 2026
Many of these workers rely on informal, often unregulated centres that sell and refill cylinders smaller than the standard 14.2kg size.
From BBC • Apr. 7, 2026
Chemaf’s founder, Shiraz Virji, son of a Zanzibar spice merchant, once hired dozens of Gurkhas, Nepalese soldiers with a reputation for fierceness, to guard one of the company’s mines against incursions by informal miners.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 31, 2026
In almost all cases, you can use who instead of whom in conversation or in informal writing, like personal letters and casual memos.
From "Woe Is I" by Patricia T. O'Conner
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