How to Use nonconventional in a Sentence

nonconventional

adjective
  • But in Woolf’s circle, nonconventional pairings were the norm.
    Laird Borrelli-Persson, Vogue, 2 Nov. 2020
  • But banks balked at supporting such a nonconventional business model for the area.
    Fortune, 31 Aug. 2019
  • Searchlight used virtual editions of festivals to showcase the movie and its talent, a conventional approach in a nonconventional time.
    Washington Post, 23 Feb. 2021
  • Fears that Moscow might introduce nonconventional weapons into the Ukrainian conflict have intensified in the wake of Russian failures to quickly to capture major Ukrainian cities.
    Anchorage Daily News, 12 Mar. 2022
  • The final Clash iteration offered a fresh perspective on carbon fiber design, with the frame construction including nonconventional angles to offer new dimensions of the frame beam.
    Tim Newcomb, Popular Mechanics, 21 Jan. 2020
  • That domain has, in some senses, proven to be the one where Herbert’s lessons about nonconventional tactics are the most apt of all, where deception, deniability, and asymmetric warfare thrive outside strictures of global conventions.
    Andy Greenberg, Wired, 28 Sep. 2021
  • For the rehearsal dinner, guests were engrossed in an authentic Mexican night of drinking, dancing and celebrating; a nonconventional pre-ceremony event the couple dubbed their Fiesta Blanco.
    Carley K, Harper's BAZAAR, 23 Mar. 2017
  • Lower output of nonconventional oil extraction also contributed to the overall decline in January.
    Kim MacKrael, WSJ, 29 Mar. 2018
  • Clinical Apothecaries uses compounding -- the combining, admixing, mixing, diluting, reconstituting, or otherwise altering of a drug or bulk drug substance -- to help treat patients in nonconventional medical practices.
    Justin Madden, cleveland.com, 18 Jan. 2018
  • Traditional higher education programs still exist, but many nonconventional and alternative teacher preparation programs have been established, and the licensure via portfolio option has been expanded.
    Caroline Maguire and Laura Mogelson, Star Tribune, 6 May 2021
  • This included outreach efforts through nonconventional media and trusted community voices in underserved communities, via programs overseen by Becerra.
    Edward-Isaac Dovere, CNN, 6 Feb. 2022

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