lateral thinking
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This is, in many ways, a perfect example of lateral thinking in action: Two intelligent groups looking at exactly the same situation and perceiving entirely different realities.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2026
If these sorts of solutions to geological problems seem to come from left field, Dr. Petermann and Dr. Fastovsky both point out, that’s because they take a certain amount of lateral thinking to invent.
From New York Times ● Dec. 26, 2022
Mr Godfrey said it was a "complicated exercise", but previously there was simply a lack of lateral thinking, across multiple disciplines, to bring this together.
From BBC ● Dec. 3, 2021
But quizzing, too, has changed; its questions have come to privilege not just memory but also breadth, deduction and lateral thinking.
From The Guardian ● Jan. 28, 2020
"Bear in mind, this is the end result of thousands of hours of work, testing, and lateral thinking by all the best guys at JPL."
From "The Martian" by Andy Weir
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