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Recent Examples of untraditional
The song’s untraditional groove was matched by a near-unrecognizable Sly Stone vocal that almost felt like just another instrumental texture.
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Andrew Unterberger, Billboard, 13 June 2025
Even more untraditional than Slaton's engagement location is her gothic ring.
—Ashlyn Robinette, People.com, 14 May 2025
The purpose of the collection is to show denim can be woven into everyday wear in untraditional ways and how Lycra fibers can be applied to a variety of styles, including ones that do not hug the body.
—Angela Velasquez, Sourcing Journal, 22 Apr. 2025
By slashing interest rates to make borrowing easier for U.S. households and companies, along with several untraditional moves to juice the economy, the Fed helped the U.S. economy recover from the 2008 financial crisis, the 2020 COVID crash and other bear markets.
—Elaine Kurtenbach, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Apr. 2025
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Andrew Unterberger, Billboard, 13 June 2025
Even more untraditional than Slaton's engagement location is her gothic ring.
—Ashlyn Robinette, People.com, 14 May 2025
The purpose of the collection is to show denim can be woven into everyday wear in untraditional ways and how Lycra fibers can be applied to a variety of styles, including ones that do not hug the body.
—Angela Velasquez, Sourcing Journal, 22 Apr. 2025
By slashing interest rates to make borrowing easier for U.S. households and companies, along with several untraditional moves to juice the economy, the Fed helped the U.S. economy recover from the 2008 financial crisis, the 2020 COVID crash and other bear markets.
—Elaine Kurtenbach, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for untraditional
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During his first five-year contract, Bennett, his staff and the board winnowed down the company’s budget to better match annual expenses and ticket sales, while also creating the Detour series of smaller, nontraditional opera works to expand the company’s audience.—
Pam Kragen,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
11 Aug. 2025
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From start to finish, our nontraditional wedding showed me that the right relationship, much like the correct condiment, makes life’s chaotically sandwiched moments go down a little easier.—
Heather Schroering,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
6 Aug. 2025
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And when goals did go in, the unconventional trajectory of the Jabulani was oddly fascinating.—
Michael Cox,
New York Times,
16 Aug. 2025
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The hero’s journey on this show is achieving their unconventional American dream.—
Giana Levy,
Variety,
16 Aug. 2025
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The fight was one of the most astonishing diplomatic meetings in modern presidential history.—
Zac Anderson,
USA Today,
19 Aug. 2025
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But there's another modern space title that has some strong resemblances to Daggerfall: Bethesda's own Starfield.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
18 Aug. 2025
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“Untraditional.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/untraditional. Accessed 21 Aug. 2025.
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