unorthodox
Example Sentences
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And she has these really unconventional, unorthodox, eccentric methods to solving cases.
From Los Angeles Times • May 28, 2026
The FBI director was also on the Hill this week for a budget hearing and, in an unorthodox strategy for a setting where you’re asking Congress for money, was eager to fight.
From Slate • May 16, 2026
The unorthodox American's short game badly let him down.
From BBC • May 15, 2026
He fueled the nonprofit’s growth partly through unorthodox fundraising.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 30, 2026
Before long, even the eastern schools were taking note of the Conibear stroke, trying to figure out how something so unorthodox could be so successful.
From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown
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