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informal

adjective as in unofficial

adjective as in conversational or colloquial

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Overall, American consumers turned out for the informal start of the holiday shopping season.

What advantages do informal sanctions provide for Beijing?

That has forced them to turn to informal money merchants who charge enormous commissions to turn digital transfers into cash.

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Above all, in his numerous houses, he revived the Shingle Style, the informal and flexible 19th-century vernacular that is the most American of architectural creations.

Coupled with fewer compliance burdens, stronger social security, and an expanded definition of employees to include gig workers, these reforms could help formalise India's vast informal economy, experts say.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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