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
An out-there premise, for sure, but one that has so far worked out better than anyone had a right to expect.
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Lissete Lanuza Sáenz, StyleCaster, 12 Mar. 2025
Paired with these out-there visuals are rather poignant subtitles as Noah ponders time and grief, ultimately leading him to embrace the present and enjoy every moment with the doll before losing track of him.
—Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 21 Feb. 2025
Despite their myriad out-there elements, his books were often optioned for films, but only one was ever made — Gus Van Sant’s 1993 adaptation of Cowgirls, which was a critical and commercial flop.
—Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 10 Feb. 2025
That’s probably the most out-there aspect of the show.
—Sophie Brookover, Vulture, 24 Jan. 2025
See All Example Sentences for out-there
Lissete Lanuza Sáenz, StyleCaster, 12 Mar. 2025
Paired with these out-there visuals are rather poignant subtitles as Noah ponders time and grief, ultimately leading him to embrace the present and enjoy every moment with the doll before losing track of him.
—Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 21 Feb. 2025
Despite their myriad out-there elements, his books were often optioned for films, but only one was ever made — Gus Van Sant’s 1993 adaptation of Cowgirls, which was a critical and commercial flop.
—Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 10 Feb. 2025
That’s probably the most out-there aspect of the show.
—Sophie Brookover, Vulture, 24 Jan. 2025
See All Example Sentences for out-there
Recent Examples of Synonyms for out-there
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Often unconventional, like their Vantablack dials, Moser brings something fresh to the Canadian market, and its new POP collection amplifies this creative edge even further.—
Matthew Catellier,
Forbes.com,
23 July 2025
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President Donald Trump has long flexed the power of the White House to insert himself into unconventional areas ‒ from the type of sugar in Coca-Cola to renaming the Gulf of Mexico.—
Joey Garrison,
USA Today,
23 July 2025
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Today, the primary Kurdish dissident groups in Iran are the Kurdistan Free Life Party (PJAK), the Democratic Party of Iranian Kurdistan (PDKI), the Kurdistan Freedom Party (PAK) and the Komala Party of Iranian Kurdistan, which has splintered into several factions in recent years.—
Tom O'Connor,
MSNBC Newsweek,
29 July 2025
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He was awarded the Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought by the European parliament and was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize by former Czech president and dissident Václav Havel.—
Nora Gámez Torres,
Miami Herald,
23 July 2025
Adjective
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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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People are angry’: Fear and chaos grip San Diego’s 47,000-strong federal workforce Rady Shell summer season will include Smokey Robinson, Beck, Cynthia Erivo and the Beach Boys Historic or heretical?—
Regina Elling,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
1 Mar. 2025
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In some communities, newer faiths, especially those that view traditional practices as heretical have weakened ties to sacred forests.—
Ogar Monday,
Christian Science Monitor,
8 May 2025
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