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
Both filmmakers and composers thrive on raising the out-there bar on one another, resulting in the alternate grunt track.
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Scott Huver, Deadline, 2 Nov. 2024
The best celebrity Halloween costumes of 2023 Heidi Klum as a worm in 2022
Arguably her most out-there costume to date, Klum showed up at her annual Halloween party as a giant worm.
—Madeline Boardman, EW.com, 30 Oct. 2024
David and Nathan Zellner are hot off the success of their out-there Big Foot comedy Sasquash Sunset, which starred Keough and Jesse Eisenberg, both unrecognizable under their hairy costumes.
—Scott Roxborough, The Hollywood Reporter, 29 Oct. 2024
Take the next out-there chance that comes your way.
—Jodie Cook, Forbes, 28 Oct. 2024
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Scott Huver, Deadline, 2 Nov. 2024
The best celebrity Halloween costumes of 2023 Heidi Klum as a worm in 2022
Arguably her most out-there costume to date, Klum showed up at her annual Halloween party as a giant worm.
—Madeline Boardman, EW.com, 30 Oct. 2024
David and Nathan Zellner are hot off the success of their out-there Big Foot comedy Sasquash Sunset, which starred Keough and Jesse Eisenberg, both unrecognizable under their hairy costumes.
—Scott Roxborough, The Hollywood Reporter, 29 Oct. 2024
Take the next out-there chance that comes your way.
—Jodie Cook, Forbes, 28 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for out-there
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There, unconventional thinkers took advantage of a collapsing market.William Mullane, USA TODAY, 12 Jan. 2025
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Many albums and side projects later, aren’t the Strokes due a multi-track overview that takes us through their unconventional career?David Browne, Rolling Stone, 10 Jan. 2025
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The capacity of civil society to serve as a place where dissident voices can speak out is fundamental to democratic freedom.Johann Neem / Made by History, TIME, 2 Jan. 2025
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As a young adult, Mr. Kara-Murza remained active in both journalism and politics in Russia, working alongside Mr. Nemtsov and producing a documentary series about the Soviet dissident movement.Valerie Hopkins, New York Times, 25 Dec. 2024
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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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Al-Assad was part of the Alawite community, a group seen as heretical by some opposition fighters.Niraj Warikoo, Detroit Free Press, 8 Dec. 2024
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Cities Start to Question an American Ideal: A House With a Yard on Every Lot Single-family zoning is practically gospel in America, but a number of officials across the country are starting to make seemingly heretical moves. Sept. 2019 56.The Upshot Staff, New York Times, 27 Apr. 2024
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“Out-there.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/out-there. Accessed 17 Jan. 2025.
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