as in antitraditional
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Adjective
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Ibsen’s revolutionary script ends with the wife, Nora, walking out on her husband, Torvald, and their daughter in order to discover her full potential as a human being.—
Jessica Gelt,
Los Angeles Times,
15 May 2025 -
That was one of my first thoughts with the news that Ligue 1 is considering adopting revolutionary, North American-style playoffs to decide the champion of the French top division.—
Joshua Kloke,
New York Times,
15 May 2025
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Some recipients may seem like nontraditional grantees, as NPR reportedly receives two grants from the agency totaling $65,000.—
Solcyré Burga,
Time,
5 May 2025
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The same could be said of Lost Highway, which cemented its place as a home for nontraditional successes, like 2000’s O Brother, Where Art Thou soundtrack, a multiplatinum selling album that won the Grammy Award for album of the year in 2002.—
Lori Majewski,
HollywoodReporter,
30 Apr. 2025
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They have been weakened by rising antiestablishment beliefs on the left and the right, notably among younger voters, and by the sentiment that parties are not as essential to ideas or governing anymore.—
Adam Nagourney,
BostonGlobe.com,
4 May 2020
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That evolved into a mini-conference series featuring antiestablishment scientists that support Glassman’s views on health care.—
Tessa Love,
Outside Online,
16 Jan. 2020
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Green Berets are training alongside Mexico’s elite marine infantry units in conventional and nonconventional combat techniques.—
Risa Brooks,
Foreign Affairs,
8 Apr. 2025
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After building two lucrative businesses, the serial entrepreneur and attorney set her sights on ensuring her family was also a success in a nonconventional way.—
Jasmine Browley,
Essence,
6 Oct. 2024
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“Anticonventional.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/anticonventional. Accessed 21 May. 2025.
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