out-of-the-box

“It just made for a much more out-of-the-box female experience at work when we’re so used to seeing a very clean cut, high-heeled, manicured version of a woman,” Lynch says.

"It was a completely unique, out-of-the-box script, you could tell it was visually stimulating," Moore tells BBC News, "and at the same time, we had no idea how it would end up, which made it even more risky and juicy."

That she had the stellar judgment to name Gov. Tim Walz as a somewhat out-of-the-box choice for her vice-presidential running mate has rightfully earned Kamala Harris high praise.

"Our continued collaboration with the So lab and their expertise with microscope development has enabled in vivo studies that are unapproachable using conventional, out-of-the-box two photon microscopes," she added.

The deal was endorsed by European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen as an example of “out-of-the-box thinking,” but has been widely criticized by rights groups.