informality

Example Sentences

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Trainor said the stigma against facial hair as unkempt and dirty is fading, calling it part of a broader trend of “greater informality in dress and grooming and speech.”

From The Wall Street Journal • May 27, 2026

But there is another aspect of things worth exploring here, beyond the formality of Washington's requests, and the informality of the president both in private and in public.

From BBC • Mar. 16, 2026

"Resilient growth and stable unemployment figures should not distract us from the deeper reality: hundreds of millions of workers remain trapped in poverty, informality, and exclusion," ILO chief Gilbert Houngbo said in a statement.

From Barron's • Jan. 14, 2026

But she told me that her supervisor and mentor, Professor Louis Leakey, saw the value in her informality.

From BBC • Oct. 1, 2025

In fact, to my eyes, the appearance of informality had been taken to a faintly ludicrous degree.

From "The Remains of the Day" by Kazuo Ishiguro