as in unconventional
deviating from commonly accepted beliefs or practices
the professor's out-there political views have made him a lightning rod for controversy on campus
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Recent Examples of out-there
That’s probably the most out-there aspect of the show.
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Sophie Brookover, Vulture, 24 Jan. 2025
Ban’s jewelry and out-there personal style earned her more than just a roster of loyal, A-list clientele.
—Alexandra Del Rosario, Los Angeles Times, 22 Jan. 2025
As far as more out-there collaborators go, how did the tape with Surf Gang happen?
—Mano Sundaresan, Pitchfork, 17 Jan. 2025
This will be the Mortal Fools’ third gig ever, again at Evanston SPACE — an out-there booking for a venue whose 2025 talent so far includes Emmylou Harris and Josh Rouse.
—Hannah Edgar, Chicago Tribune, 10 Jan. 2025
See All Example Sentences for out-there
Sophie Brookover, Vulture, 24 Jan. 2025
Ban’s jewelry and out-there personal style earned her more than just a roster of loyal, A-list clientele.
—Alexandra Del Rosario, Los Angeles Times, 22 Jan. 2025
As far as more out-there collaborators go, how did the tape with Surf Gang happen?
—Mano Sundaresan, Pitchfork, 17 Jan. 2025
This will be the Mortal Fools’ third gig ever, again at Evanston SPACE — an out-there booking for a venue whose 2025 talent so far includes Emmylou Harris and Josh Rouse.
—Hannah Edgar, Chicago Tribune, 10 Jan. 2025
See All Example Sentences for out-there
Recent Examples of Synonyms for out-there
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Sequences like the ambulance chase recall the heyday of Jerry Bruckheimer and Joel Silver movies, which Berk and Olsen tried to emulate while putting their own spin on the genre via the film’s unconventional protagonist.—
Jim Hemphill,
IndieWire,
13 Mar. 2025
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His unconventional style and ventures (e.g., X Corp, SpaceX) and track record of turning ambitious ideas into reality is remarkable.—
Michael Khouw,
CNBC,
13 Mar. 2025
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Turkish authorities have fired and arrested tens of thousands of people in the wake of a 2016 coup attempt by a Turkish military faction allegedly linked to the movement of dissident religious leader Fethullah Gulen.—
Josh Hammer,
Newsweek,
19 Mar. 2025
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In 2018, dissident Saudi journalist and Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi was murdered and dismembered.—
Ned Temko,
The Christian Science Monitor,
13 Mar. 2025
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In the dissenting view, the star collapses to the edge of the event horizon and then hovers there, or rebounds and explodes.—
Corey S. Powell,
Discover Magazine,
26 Feb. 2015
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The document runs to more than a hundred and fifty pages, and for each question there are affirmative and dissenting studies, as well as some that indicate mixed results.—
The New Yorker,
The New Yorker,
3 June 2022
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Of course, this being the Warhammer 40k universe, players might be just as likely to make secret alliances with these heretical creatures and pick up one of the archetypes in these books with their Game Master’s permission.—
Rob Wieland,
Forbes,
10 Mar. 2025
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These heretical questions are worth asking, because industry bandwidth tracking data has lately been revealing something surprising: Terrestrial and mobile-data growth is slowing down.—
IEEE Spectrum,
IEEE Spectrum,
9 Feb. 2025
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