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
Ron Gluckman, Forbes, 12 Dec. 2024
But as he’s become one of popular music’s most reliable and admired mavericks, he’s existed outside of the L.A. hip-hop zeitgeist.
—Rembert Browne, Billboard, 11 Dec. 2024
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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
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The maverick says he was almost wiped out by the 1997 Asian financial crisis and again in December 2004 when a tsunami roared across many parts of Asia, killing at least 225,000 people, including guests and staff at his Anantara resort at Khao Lak, north of Phuket.
—Ron Gluckman, Forbes, 12 Dec. 2024
But as he’s become one of popular music’s most reliable and admired mavericks, he’s existed outside of the L.A. hip-hop zeitgeist.
—Rembert Browne, Billboard, 11 Dec. 2024
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That’s best demonstrated by a novel gameplay mechanic in the form of a camera that Indy acquires from a dissident postman called Ernesto.Lewis Gordon, Vulture, 18 Dec. 2024
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That professed confidence in each’s own instincts and indifference to most dissident opinions is how both led the country and made some pretty colossal missteps.Philip Elliott, TIME, 11 Dec. 2024
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Silver Linings Playbook Where to Watch: Peacock, Prime Video An unconventional romcom erring closer to the dark comedy side, Silver Linings Playbook is an adaptation of Matthew Quick's novel of the same name.Andy Biggs, Newsweek, 25 Dec. 2024
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Sliding Door Security Bar Given that not every door opens on a hinge, this sliding door security bar is perfect for an unconventional entrance.Jillian Dara, Travel + Leisure, 22 Dec. 2024
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His work marked a turning point in the history of music. Innovators – both entrepreneurs and corporate explorers – are iconoclasts, willing to challenge the status quo and rewrite the rules.Andrew Binns, Forbes, 16 Dec. 2024
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In the 1938 classic The Adventures of Robin Hood, Robin Hood is a happy iconoclast, meting out his form of social and political justice with the cheerful irreverence and deft strokes of Errol Flynn, cinema’s premier swashbuckler.Scott Tobias, Vulture, 20 Nov. 2024
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Long before its golden sands and rocky coves became reality TV-famous, Laguna Beach was known as an enclave for artists, eccentrics, surfers, and bohemians.Christina Pérez, Vogue, 21 Nov. 2024
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That someone was Gary Paxton, one of the true eccentrics in the early fly-by-night Hollywood rock ‘n’ roll industry.Jordan Runtagh, People.com, 2 Nov. 2024
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Radical individualists come to environmentalism from a different place than other people who support the cause.Keren Landman, Vox, 10 Dec. 2024
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This season, the Yankees have embraced right-hander Marcus Stroman and left fielder Alex Verdugo, two players who, like Chisholm, occasionally come off as individualists.Ken Rosenthal, The Athletic, 24 July 2024
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Invariably, memorials devoted to these two nonconformists emphasized their complicated personalities.Michael Barnes, Austin American-Statesman, 3 July 2024
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The uniform and the nonconformist.Rachel Tashjian, Harper's BAZAAR, 9 Aug. 2022
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Iceland, the hunky loner currently renting Sam’s family farm with his dog Wesley.Ben Rosenstock, Vulture, 1 Dec. 2024
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Heraclitus was a loner, according to the sketchy accounts of him, and rather a crank.David Quammen, Outside Online, 29 Nov. 2024
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“Maverick.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/maverick. Accessed 31 Dec. 2024.
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