ˌən-kən-ˈven(t)-sh(ə-)nəl
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as in dissident
deviating from commonly accepted beliefs or practices
the Shakers acquired their name because of their unconventional practice of dancing with shaking movements during worship
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as in modern
not bound by traditional ways or beliefs
had unconventional opinions on the raising of children
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as in informal
not rigidly following established form, custom, or rules
young, creative people who lead unconventional but fulfilling lifestyles
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Recent Examples of unconventional
This unconventional column is based on value pluralism — the idea that each of us has multiple values that are equally valid but that often conflict with each other.
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Sigal Samuel, Vox, 3 Nov. 2024
After reviewing results from an initial set of experiments, the AI Scientist iterates on the code and carries out further experiments, making some creative design choices in the process (for instance, using an unconventional type of activation function, LeakyReLU).
—Rob Toews, Forbes, 3 Nov. 2024
But Louisville's Assumption High School and its Rose Theatre Company have given Wolfram that unconventional opportunity.
—Maggie Menderski, The Courier-Journal, 1 Nov. 2024
This handcrafted Eames chair would look handsome on top of any coffee table or as an unconventional bookend.
—Audrey Lee, Architectural Digest, 1 Nov. 2024
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Sigal Samuel, Vox, 3 Nov. 2024
After reviewing results from an initial set of experiments, the AI Scientist iterates on the code and carries out further experiments, making some creative design choices in the process (for instance, using an unconventional type of activation function, LeakyReLU).
—Rob Toews, Forbes, 3 Nov. 2024
But Louisville's Assumption High School and its Rose Theatre Company have given Wolfram that unconventional opportunity.
—Maggie Menderski, The Courier-Journal, 1 Nov. 2024
This handcrafted Eames chair would look handsome on top of any coffee table or as an unconventional bookend.
—Audrey Lee, Architectural Digest, 1 Nov. 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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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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Whatever the result of those efforts, and whether or not Musk has a formal or informal government role in Trump’s new administration, the last thing that Tesla investors would want to see is Musk being further distracted from his time running Tesla, said Ives.CNN.com, The Mercury News, 7 Nov. 2024
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According to an informal poll taken by The Athletic, 62% of respondents voted for a lifetime ban; 18.2% elected a suspension of 1-5 years; 17.4% went with a 1-year prohibition; and 2.4% said no further punishment is necessary.Dan Freedman, Forbes, 4 Nov. 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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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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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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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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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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