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as in unconventional
deviating from commonly accepted beliefs or practices
a time when people with unorthodox religious views were banished from the colony
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as in modern
not bound by traditional ways or beliefs
raised by an aunt, whose unorthodox parenting practices made for a strange but fun childhood
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as in informal
not rigidly following established form, custom, or rules
an unorthodox but effective procedure for opening a wine bottle without a corkscrew
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The inventor explains that he has been expelled from musical circles because of his unorthodox ideas about performerless music.
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Lauren Rosati, Artforum, 1 Oct. 2024
Prime Minister Netanyahu has seen support for his party rise since Israel began taking the fight to its enemies in unorthodox ways.
—Matthew Continetti, National Review, 28 Sep. 2024
After three decades soaring as an unorthodox visionary, Pharrell Williams is prepared to share the narrative behind his journey to cultural prominence.
—Ime Ekpo, Forbes, 11 Oct. 2024
In an unorthodox move, the lawsuit’s introduction is written in the style of dramatic exposition:
Betrayals are always sinister, but the closer the betrayer, the greater the evil.
—Jazz Monroe, Pitchfork, 1 Oct. 2024
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Lauren Rosati, Artforum, 1 Oct. 2024
Prime Minister Netanyahu has seen support for his party rise since Israel began taking the fight to its enemies in unorthodox ways.
—Matthew Continetti, National Review, 28 Sep. 2024
After three decades soaring as an unorthodox visionary, Pharrell Williams is prepared to share the narrative behind his journey to cultural prominence.
—Ime Ekpo, Forbes, 11 Oct. 2024
In an unorthodox move, the lawsuit’s introduction is written in the style of dramatic exposition:
Betrayals are always sinister, but the closer the betrayer, the greater the evil.
—Jazz Monroe, Pitchfork, 1 Oct. 2024
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This novel design and other touches are the creations of General Motor's design team of five women, led by two who came to GM with unconventional backgrounds.Jamie L. LaReau, Detroit Free Press, 5 Nov. 2024
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Under this new gallery model, Fitzpatrick will remain based in Paris and mount exhibitions at unconventional venues in Paris and around the world.Maximilíano Durón, ARTnews.com, 5 Nov. 2024
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The movie’s true set pieces are the professorial villain’s ostentatious monologues using fast food, musical plagiarism, and Monopoly as metaphors to point out how modern religions are just conspicuous iterations of what’s come before.Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 8 Nov. 2024
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Second, the refusal to see how profoundly distasteful so much of modern liberalism has become to so much of America.Bret Stephens, The Mercury News, 7 Nov. 2024
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Kitchens are evolving from simple caffeine refueling stations to places for informal meetings and discussions.Dan Drogman, Forbes, 1 Nov. 2024
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But the unstructured and informal nature of tips also creates problems with fairness among workers.Nina Turner, Newsweek, 31 Oct. 2024
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Cuban dissident artist and activist Luis Manuel Otero Alcántara, who is currently jailed in Havana, has invited attendees of the upcoming Havana Biennial to visit him in prison as a part of an art project, the Art Newspaper reported Monday.Tessa Solomon, ARTnews.com, 4 Nov. 2024
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With the Iranian film shot entirely in secret, the teaser for the dissident Iranian filmmaker’s Cannes Special Jury Prize winner centers on a family thrust into the public eye when its patriarch, Iman (Misagh Zare) is named as an investigating judge in Tehran.Etan Vlessing, The Hollywood Reporter, 7 Oct. 2024
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However, the newer study did not confirm any consistent association between liberal ideology and the anterior cingulate cortex size.Paul Hsieh, Forbes, 30 Oct. 2024
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Studies by both the liberal Brennan Center for Justice and the libertarian Cato Institute have found there is almost no evidence of noncitizen voting.Aysha Bagchi, USA TODAY, 30 Oct. 2024
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Wiles' TikTok account, with more than 60,000 followers, features skits of Vance with thick eyeliner and touting out-there political suggestions.Kinsey Crowley, USA TODAY, 2 Nov. 2024
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Both filmmakers and composers thrive on raising the out-there bar on one another, resulting in the alternate grunt track.Scott Huver, Deadline, 2 Nov. 2024
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The gap in votes cast by the mayor’s critics and her supporters could be seen as a kind of backlash to progressive politics in one of California’s most diverse cities.Shomik Mukherjee, The Mercury News, 9 Nov. 2024
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At least this one tilts a bit more progressive: The Recording Academy’s yearslong project to expand and diversify its membership seems to be paying off, with a younger and especially more women-heavy slate this year (just don’t look at the rock categories).Justin Curto, Vulture, 8 Nov. 2024
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Assassinations can also elevate more radical or more effective leaders.Sarah E. Parkinson, Foreign Affairs, 11 Nov. 2024
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This makes Godot feel like a free-flowing, creative instrument users share and improve together as a radical hacker collective.PCMAG, PCMAG, 7 Nov. 2024
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“Unorthodox.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unorthodox. Accessed 17 Nov. 2024.
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