nonstandard

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Laboratory experiments confirmed that PapB successfully created these ring structures, even when the peptides included nonstandard building blocks commonly used in modern incretin drugs.

From Science Daily • Apr. 28, 2026

The chip maker last week said it would no longer exclude stock-based compensation expense from its nonstandard financial metrics, starting with the current quarter.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 4, 2026

Anyone who pursues a nonstandard creative career in America and doesn’t have generational wealth or a rich spouse will likely hold at least two jobs.

From Slate • Jan. 3, 2024

In that case, “a nonstandard manufacturing process” affected two out of eight fittings that attached the tailfin to the fuselage.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 6, 2023

Double negatives, ain’t, and other nonstandard forms soon became stigmatized by their association with the less prestigious dialects of English used by its poorer and less educated speakers.

From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker