informal

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Without current data, millions of urban migrants - often in informal jobs and housing - remain poorly captured in policy design, a gap laid bare during the pandemic.

From BBC • Mar. 31, 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

“Payments of as much as $2 million per voyage are being sought on an adhoc basis, effectively creating an informal toll on the waterway,” according to a Bloomberg report External link citing anonymous sources.

From Barron's • Mar. 26, 2026

Among your social circle, establish what West calls “an informal understanding” that you will check on each other if one of you needs long-term care.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 26, 2026

Have extensive interdisciplinary expertise and can help others understand and make connections through formal and informal communications.

From "Music and the Child" by Natalie Sarrazin