as in dissident
deviating from commonly accepted beliefs or practices
George Sand's maverick views on marriage scandalized 19th-century French society
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as in bohemian
a person who does not conform to generally accepted standards or customs
there's always one maverick who has to go his own way
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Recent Examples of maverick
Jonathan Martin, New York Times, 17 Aug. 2022
This week’s visit will be scrutinized for clues about the trajectory of a more maverick Saudi foreign policy.
—Stephen Kalin, WSJ, 8 Dec. 2022
Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 11 Apr. 2025
Yet no one else can quite believe that the Mafia have followed cocaine from tough Sicily to sleepy Apulia, least of all the dismissive Bari police chief, who reprimands Pietro for his maverick approach to detective work.
—Leo Barraclough, Variety, 9 Apr. 2025
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Adjective
Even in New Hampshire, where maverick candidates in both parties have found success over the decades, longtime Republicans wondered whether there was a market for a Cheney candidacy within the G.O.P.
—Jonathan Martin, New York Times, 17 Aug. 2022
This week’s visit will be scrutinized for clues about the trajectory of a more maverick Saudi foreign policy.
—Stephen Kalin, WSJ, 8 Dec. 2022
Noun
After 15 long and grueling hours of maverick medical procedures, heartbreaking losses, and nightmarish IV-drilling sounds, our day-shift friends at the Pittsburgh Trauma Medical Center can finally go home.
—Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 11 Apr. 2025
Yet no one else can quite believe that the Mafia have followed cocaine from tough Sicily to sleepy Apulia, least of all the dismissive Bari police chief, who reprimands Pietro for his maverick approach to detective work.
—Leo Barraclough, Variety, 9 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for maverick
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In one case, operatives posing as art dealers interested in purchasing a work by a dissident artist secretly installed surveillance equipment in his workplace and a GPS tracker on his car.—
David Faris,
MSNBC Newsweek,
11 Apr. 2025
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He’d been allowed through the security checkpoint to attend a session given by a professor at the university, a Tunisian dissident and political exile, a specialist in the liberation movements of the Global South.—
David Bezmozgis,
New Yorker,
6 Apr. 2025
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The mill embraces the beauty of imperfection and asymmetry in Chaos Aesthetics, a trend concept that favors expressive textures, unconventional finishes and rich tactile experiences.—
Angela Velasquez,
Sourcing Journal,
17 Apr. 2025
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The generational gap in honesty found in the survey comes amid a broader trend of unconventional job-search behaviors among younger candidates, including ghosting employers and abandoning the hiring process midway.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
MSNBC Newsweek,
16 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Season eight’s unapologetic iconoclast, Acid Betty, returns to the competition to kick ass and take names.—
Jason P. Frank,
Vulture,
23 Apr. 2025
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Season 8’s unapologetic iconoclast Acid Betty returns to the competition to kick ass and take names.—
Joey Nolfi,
EW.com,
23 Apr. 2025
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Robert Redford delivers folksy wisdom as a local eccentric who once had his own dragon encounter, and even Karl Urban’s greedy logger is more of a nuisance than an outright villain.—
Josh Bell,
Vulture,
21 Mar. 2025
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Attracting talent for greater innovation hazards acquiring a few eccentrics whose gifts come wrapped in controversial packaging.—
Chip Bell,
Forbes,
15 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Immigration has surged, and the United States has entered an individualist, conservative epoch.—
Robert Petkoff Krish Seenivasan Quinton Kamara,
New York Times,
24 Feb. 2025
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No other nation has more outstanding individualists.—
Philipp Lahm,
The Athletic,
24 Mar. 2025
Noun
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The petite hamlet is truly one of a kind: Originally intended as a resort destination in the late 19th century, Eureka Springs later became a home for hippies and nonconformists seeking rural refuge in the 1970s.—
Nico Lang,
Them.,
21 Apr. 2025
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German immigrants founded and built the club, and in later decades Nature Friends became a hub for numerous groups: some esoteric, some nonconformist and others looking for a rustic place to chill.—
R. Daniel Foster,
Forbes,
11 Jan. 2025
Noun
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Yes, Joel — the beloved hunky loner, who drove much of Season 1, and became a father-figure to Ellie (Bella Ramsey), who must now lead Season 2 — is gone.—
Alison Foreman,
IndieWire,
21 Apr. 2025
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Nova is a very smart girl and, like Buffy, a loner.—
Ron Estes,
MSNBC Newsweek,
28 Mar. 2025
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“Maverick.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/maverick. Accessed 2 May. 2025.
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