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a time when people with unorthodox religious views were banished from the colony
raised by an aunt, whose unorthodox parenting practices made for a strange but fun childhood
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Wiesner, who took an unorthodox information-centric view of quantum theory, wondered whether it could be made useful.
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Ben Brubaker, Quanta Magazine, 3 June 2024
And so Israel found himself being frantically asked by Anthropic’s investors and clients that weekend: Could the same thing happen at Anthropic?
Anthropic, which like OpenAI is a top AI lab, has an unorthodox corporate structure too.
—Billy Perrigo/san Francisco, TIME, 30 May 2024
Trump’s conviction in his New York hush money trial on Thursday is a stunning development in an already unorthodox presidential election with profound implications for the justice system and perhaps U.S. democracy itself.
—Steve Peoples, Twin Cities, 30 May 2024
Nash’s unorthodox style is most welcome in a canon grown tired and lazy in its over-reliance on tacky jump scares and preposterous twists.
—Randy Myers, The Mercury News, 29 May 2024
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Ben Brubaker, Quanta Magazine, 3 June 2024
And so Israel found himself being frantically asked by Anthropic’s investors and clients that weekend: Could the same thing happen at Anthropic?
Anthropic, which like OpenAI is a top AI lab, has an unorthodox corporate structure too.
—Billy Perrigo/san Francisco, TIME, 30 May 2024
Trump’s conviction in his New York hush money trial on Thursday is a stunning development in an already unorthodox presidential election with profound implications for the justice system and perhaps U.S. democracy itself.
—Steve Peoples, Twin Cities, 30 May 2024
Nash’s unorthodox style is most welcome in a canon grown tired and lazy in its over-reliance on tacky jump scares and preposterous twists.
—Randy Myers, The Mercury News, 29 May 2024
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“Unorthodox.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/unorthodox. Accessed 8 Jun. 2024.
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unorthodox
adjective
un·or·tho·dox
ˌən-ˈȯr-thə-ˌdäks 
ˈən-
: not orthodox : not usual
an unorthodox teaching method
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