unofficial

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When it started to hit $100 billion in market cap, there were a few unofficial market-cap walls.

From Barron's • Mar. 27, 2026

McEvoy's time was faster than the unofficial 20.89 that Enhanced Games swimmer Kristian Gkolomeev claimed last year at a trial in the United States - for which he received $1m.

From BBC • Mar. 25, 2026

Some inside the company described the atmosphere as reminiscent of the company’s early days, when its name was still Facebook and its unofficial internal motto was “move fast and break things.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 22, 2026

Martin clocked an unofficial time of 2:11:16, finishing 00.01 seconds ahead of Kamau.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 8, 2026

According to Mom, the office had an unofficial agreement to never bring their kids’ school fund-raising catalogs to work.

From "Starfish" by Akemi Dawn Bowman