informal

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The mine is again host to informal miners working in unsafe conditions, according to Virtus executives.

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

Becerra, Thurmond, Villaraigosa and Yee have reportedly formed an informal pact not to participate in any debate that does not include all of them, which Yee referenced in a Tuesday afternoon news conference.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 24, 2026

These informal polls rarely come with confidence intervals or any details of the methods used, so the problem of self-selected samples is not always immediately apparent.

From "Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences" by John Allen Paulos