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
On the accessories front, absolutely everyone is wearing knitted and crocheted caps, plus other out-there hair accessories like bold clips, mega-size scrunchies, and pillbox hats.
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Jake Henry Smith, Glamour, 7 Aug. 2025
Plus, not all pre-employment tests are as out-there as Olive Garden’s and FedEx’s.
—Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 9 July 2025
Guests did not shy from donning some of the designer’s more out-there creations.
—Joelle Diderich, Footwear News, 9 July 2025
Best Backpacking Trip Heart Lake Kick back on the pebbly beach surrounding this out-there lake for a day or two, scoping for trumpeter swans, elk, grizzlies, and wolves in the daytime hours and getting dazzled by the stargazing at night.
—Elisabeth Kwak-Hefferan, Outside Online, 3 June 2025
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Jake Henry Smith, Glamour, 7 Aug. 2025
Plus, not all pre-employment tests are as out-there as Olive Garden’s and FedEx’s.
—Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 9 July 2025
Guests did not shy from donning some of the designer’s more out-there creations.
—Joelle Diderich, Footwear News, 9 July 2025
Best Backpacking Trip Heart Lake Kick back on the pebbly beach surrounding this out-there lake for a day or two, scoping for trumpeter swans, elk, grizzlies, and wolves in the daytime hours and getting dazzled by the stargazing at night.
—Elisabeth Kwak-Hefferan, Outside Online, 3 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for out-there
Adjective
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According to Rusch, the family has always done things in an unconventional way because of her and Thiemo’s careers.—
Victoria Uwumarogie,
Essence,
3 Nov. 2025
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Her songs—influenced by rock, punk, and reggae—are striking and confident and cathartic, but unconventional in ways that challenge the casual listener.—
Amy Weiss-Meyer,
The Atlantic,
31 Oct. 2025
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The recipient was the dissident theologian Dietrich Bonhoeffer, who had been imprisoned several months earlier, on account of his opposition to the Nazi regime.—
Alex Ross,
New Yorker,
21 Oct. 2025
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Among them were 17 members of the Iranian dissident organization Mojahedin-e-Khalq (MEK).—
Beth Bailey,
FOXNews.com,
17 Oct. 2025
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