as in colloquial
used in or suitable for speech and not formal writing
use of the nonformal "Dad" would be a little jarring in a prayer to our Heavenly Father
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Recent Examples of nonformal
Since the start of the war in Ukraine, more than 272,000 children in Ukraine have benefitted from learning interventions with supplies provided by UNICEF, and over 400,000 children have engaged in formal or nonformal education.
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Sarah Ferguson, Forbes, 18 Aug. 2022
The 10-to-15-second video clips are a nonformal way to engage your customers and tell them about your products.
—Michael Plummer, Forbes, 3 June 2022
And as the number of dining options on ships has expanded, so have nonformal venues beyond the main dining rooms.
—Hannah Sampson, Houston Chronicle, 20 Dec. 2019
But even Cunard has nonformal settings where dressed-down can go, including the buffet, casino and pub.
—Hannah Sampson, Houston Chronicle, 20 Dec. 2019
Tostan’s core is a broad nonformal education program offered to villagers in a number of African countries.
—Amy Yee, The Christian Science Monitor, 20 July 2017
Sarah Ferguson, Forbes, 18 Aug. 2022
The 10-to-15-second video clips are a nonformal way to engage your customers and tell them about your products.
—Michael Plummer, Forbes, 3 June 2022
And as the number of dining options on ships has expanded, so have nonformal venues beyond the main dining rooms.
—Hannah Sampson, Houston Chronicle, 20 Dec. 2019
But even Cunard has nonformal settings where dressed-down can go, including the buffet, casino and pub.
—Hannah Sampson, Houston Chronicle, 20 Dec. 2019
Tostan’s core is a broad nonformal education program offered to villagers in a number of African countries.
—Amy Yee, The Christian Science Monitor, 20 July 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for nonformal
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Today’s Connections groups are... Yellow group — baffle Green group — curse Blue group — Toy Story characters, familiarly Purple group — colloquial suffixes What Are Today’s Connections Answers? Spoiler alert!Kris Holt, Forbes, 5 Dec. 2024
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Ortiz helped Clark use colloquial Spanish, so some of the songs use slang most commonly used in Mexico.Tasha Tsiaperas, Axios, 3 Dec. 2024
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The military activity occurred over 24 hours from Saturday to Sunday morning, with six aircraft crossing the Taiwan Strait's median line, an informal boundary between the two sides.Paul Du Quenoy, Newsweek, 9 Dec. 2024
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One notable trend is the rise of authentic, informal leadership communication.Feon Ang, Forbes, 9 Dec. 2024
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But in the past decade, Chinese auto designs have developed their own, more worldly design vernacular, says Brenden Donnelly, who worked in design and brand management at the Chinese automakers Geely and Lynk & Co before founding his own startup.Aarian Marshall, WIRED, 12 Dec. 2024
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But Jake Xerxes Fussell’s music, which draws heavily from nineteenth- and twentieth-century vernacular folk songs and archival field recordings, is idiomatic, and entirely his own.Amanda Petrusich, The New Yorker, 2 Dec. 2024
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“Nonformal.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nonformal. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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