informal

Example Sentences

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“While women are more likely to build informal caregiving experience earlier in life through caregiving for children, men may enter eldercare with less experience managing long-term caregiving stress.”

From MarketWatch • May 21, 2026

It was not immediately clear who appointed Ghalibaf to the role, but the Tasnim news agency, citing informal sources, said he would "coordinate various sectors of relations between Iran and China".

From Barron's • May 17, 2026

Ferguson was someone who could make a kind of informal education happen.

From Los Angeles Times • May 14, 2026

Trump usually relishes the opportunity to meet with foreign leaders at the White House, and often turns the visits into lengthy informal press conferences.

From BBC • May 7, 2026

But in informal writing and conversation, if no one's likely to mistake your meaning it's fine to put only where it seems most natural—usually in front of the verb: I’m only saying this once.

From "Woe Is I" by Patricia T. O'Conner