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

Studies have consistently shown that nonstandard work schedules -- working outside the traditional nine-to-five workday -- can negatively impact physical and mental health as well as social and family life.

From Science Daily • Apr. 3, 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

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

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