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noun

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Recent Examples of maverick
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
Noun
Logic doesn’t go quite as dark as that, but there are some entertainingly violent surprises, plus a terrific cameo from Joseph Gordon-Levitt as a maverick hostage negotiator. Damon Wise, Deadline, 8 June 2025 Alvarez has been described as a scientific Indiana Jones, but his reputation as a maverick was built on a foundation of patience and discipline. Alec Nevala-Lee june 11, Literary Hub, 11 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for maverick
Recent Examples of Synonyms for maverick
Adjective
  • Eduard Limonov then—an appropriate nom de plume for a dissident poet arriving in 1974 New York, a metropolis of graffiti and project fires, of blackouts and serial killers.
    Ed Simon June 23, Literary Hub, 23 June 2025
  • Jafar Panahi — the Iranian dissident filmmaker who has been arrested, jailed, and banned from filmmaking numerous times in his home country due to his powerful and provocative work — took home the top prize.
    Ryan Coleman, EW.com, 26 May 2025
Adjective
  • The early detection of viral RNA in wild bird droppings, sometimes preceding official poultry outbreaks, suggests that unconventional surveillance in these biologically rich but infrastructurally sparse areas could play a larger role in pandemic risk mitigation.
    John Drake, Forbes.com, 28 June 2025
  • Now, in the weeks after its unconventional 22nd anniversary celebration, the label is set to launch one of its biggest — and most personal — compilations yet.
    Britt Julious, Chicago Tribune, 27 June 2025
Noun
  • Set in 1992 in Aspen, Colorado, and inspired by a true story, Gonzo Girl follows Alley Russo, an aspiring writer who takes on an assistant job to the iconoclast and founder of gonzo journalism, Walker Reade.
    Katcy Stephan, Variety, 16 Apr. 2025
  • The late 13th century paintings were whitewashed following a mid 15th-century fire at the cathedral and subsequently boxed behind woodwork by 1786, which protected them from iconoclasts and vandalization during the French Revolution.
    Francesca Aton, ARTnews.com, 3 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • American eccentrics like Walters long have provided material for satirists across the pond.
    Chris Jones, Chicago Tribune, 11 June 2025
  • There are dozens upon dozens of memorable eccentrics, delusional antiheroes, blustery authority figures, sad sacks, screw-ups and all-too-lovable schmucks that populate the 12 feature films and handful of shorts directed by Wes Anderson.
    David Fear, Rolling Stone, 28 May 2025
Noun
  • Immigration has surged, and the United States has entered an individualist, conservative epoch.
    Robert Petkoff Krish Seenivasan Quinton Kamara, New York Times, 24 Feb. 2025
  • No other nation has more outstanding individualists.
    Philipp Lahm, The Athletic, 24 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • The petite hamlet is truly one of a kind: Originally intended as a resort destination in the late 19th century, Eureka Springs later became a home for hippies and nonconformists seeking rural refuge in the 1970s.
    Nico Lang, Them., 21 Apr. 2025
  • German immigrants founded and built the club, and in later decades Nature Friends became a hub for numerous groups: some esoteric, some nonconformist and others looking for a rustic place to chill.
    R. Daniel Foster, Forbes, 11 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • In 1974, loners obsessed with guns was not yet a profile commonly understood to signal a potential school shooter.
    Sally Ventura June 23, Literary Hub, 23 June 2025
  • The loners and pariahs in Submersed: Wonder, Obsession, and Murder in the World of Amateur Submarines (Pantheon, $28) insist on sinking.
    Dan Piepenbring, Harpers Magazine, 18 June 2025

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“Maverick.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/maverick. Accessed 5 Jul. 2025.

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