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Recent Examples of heterodox Love Songs holds the hallmarks of an era of heterodox rap-hook writers, deep YouTube exploration, and DIY mash-ups and blends, but the loonier flips restore the ’89 feeling of wondering whether an exciting piece of collagework will one day be sued out of existence. Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 3 Dec. 2024 And after Trump’s administration banned the Associated Press from the White House briefing room for refusing to refer to the Gulf of Mexico as the Gulf of America, the heterodox Spectator columnist Bridget Phetasy had enough. Yair Rosenberg, The Atlantic, 20 Feb. 2025 But policymakers should never again ignore the basics in pursuit of fanciful heterodox solutions. Jason Furman, Foreign Affairs, 10 Feb. 2025 Senators will probe the nominees about their personal lives, experience, heterodox views and promises to up-end the status quo at the departments they’ve been picked to lead. Jonathan Easley, The Hill, 13 Jan. 2025 See All Example Sentences for heterodox
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Adjective
  • Other contenders abroad include the dissident group Mujahedeen e-Khalq, more commonly known as the MEK, which has gained high-profile supporters including the former New York mayor and Trump ally Rudy Giuliani.
    Alexander Smith, NBC news, 25 June 2025
  • Tehran also accuses Iranian expatriates and dissident groups sympathetic to Israel of supporting logistics, communication, and funding.
    Amir Daftari, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 June 2025
Adjective
  • In advance of this month’s release of the Happy Gilmore 2, Callaway Golf has unveiled a new limited edition Odyssey hockey stick putter and golf balls inspired by the movie, which showcases the return of funnyman Adam Sandler as a failed hockey player turned unconventional golfer.
    Erik Matuszewski, Forbes.com, 11 July 2025
  • Despite financial insecurity, both parents encouraged their daughters to pursue their dreams, however unconventional — their feminist, progressive spirit guided Earhart like a compass.
    Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 11 July 2025
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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
  • 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
Adjective
  • Within the outcome document, the drafters champion several strategies to expand domestic tax bases, such as integrating the informal sector into the formal economy and identifying undeclared income and wealth.
    Nana Ama Sarfo, Forbes.com, 7 July 2025
  • Whether for a casual outing, an afternoon of shopping, or even an informal dinner, this combination has the power to transform a simple look into a fashion statement.
    René Chávez Esparza, Glamour, 4 July 2025
Adjective
  • 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
  • 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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“Heterodox.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/heterodox. Accessed 14 Jul. 2025.

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