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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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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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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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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Al-Assad was part of the Alawite community, a group seen as heretical by some opposition fighters.Niraj Warikoo, Detroit Free Press, 8 Dec. 2024
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Cities Start to Question an American Ideal: A House With a Yard on Every Lot Single-family zoning is practically gospel in America, but a number of officials across the country are starting to make seemingly heretical moves. Sept. 2019 56.The Upshot Staff, New York Times, 27 Apr. 2024
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“Out-there.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/out-there. Accessed 31 Dec. 2024.
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