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
Dad was an easy-going host, informal and gracious, and we tried to pattern ourselves after him.
From "Cheaper by the Dozen" by Frank B. Gilbreth Jr. and Ernestine Gilbreth Carey
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