nonstandard
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The company will no longer exclude stock-based pay from its nonstandard financial metrics.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 10, 2026
"We actually had to do something nonstandard to achieve this," Bonagiri said.
From Science Daily • Feb. 29, 2024
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
However, they don’t fit nonstandard spaces very well, and they’re harder to retrofit into existing spaces, so they work best in new construction.
From Seattle Times • Jun. 13, 2023
Figure 1.8: It is rare these days to see the G and F clefs in these nonstandard positions.
From "Understanding Basic Music Theory" by Catherine Schmidt-Jones and Russel Jones
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