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
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.
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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
This on-trend pick, available in classic light brown as well as more out-there colors like light pink, offers the same slip pockets and prim collar as true leather jackets, but at a much lower price.
—Jake Henry Smith, Glamour, 17 Oct. 2024
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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
This on-trend pick, available in classic light brown as well as more out-there colors like light pink, offers the same slip pockets and prim collar as true leather jackets, but at a much lower price.
—Jake Henry Smith, Glamour, 17 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for out-there
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This prevents Adams from showing the disarming quality that Helena Bonham Carter brought to the eccentric mother figure in the 2010 Toast, an unconventional comic biography of chef Nigel Slater’s maternal fixation.Armond White, National Review, 13 Dec. 2024
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Firefighters in Norwalk, Connecticut rescued a familiar yet unconventional character after Santa Claus got stuck 60 feet above ground.Fernando Cervantes Jr., USA TODAY, 12 Dec. 2024
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In 2022, four days after Russia invaded Ukraine, the authorities shut down the group International Memorial, which had been founded in the late ’80s by the former dissident Andrei Sakharov and others to monitor political imprisonment and preserve memories of Stalinist terror.Leon Aron, The Atlantic, 5 Dec. 2024
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The group’s incendiary music forces them to deal with police harassment, political threats and dissident republican attacks, all while navigating personal struggles and backlash from society at large.Travis Bean, Forbes, 30 Nov. 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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That conclusion, supported by the highly respected and circumspect Collins, was considered heretical.Michael Barnes, Austin American-Statesman, 22 Oct. 2024
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Thirst won the Jury Prize at Cannes and was nominated for the Palme d’Or, which is some great prestige for this heretical South Korean horror drama.Jordan Crucchiola, Vulture, 29 Oct. 2024
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“Out-there.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/out-there. Accessed 18 Dec. 2024.
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