think out
Example Sentences
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“That allowed us to think out of the box.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 13, 2026
The tight budget for the projects, he said, sometimes sent them back to the drawing board, allowed them to think out of the box and led to new innovations.
From BBC • Nov. 3, 2024
Why, in a city where people think out of the box more than in other places, is there so much angst about public transportation?
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 3, 2023
“I think out of our entire club team, two kids aren’t going to the Australia versus Ireland game,” Gerrard Ivins, a coach at the Central Coast Mariners said.
From Seattle Times • Jul. 19, 2023
James pored over the maps in his history book, trying to think out where the treasure might be.
From "Homecoming" by Cynthia Voigt
