lateral thinking
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He said the children were taught "maths, English and lateral thinking" in the mornings, then "booted out" to explore the island.
From BBC ● Jun. 24, 2025
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
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
With a little bit of lateral thinking, you’ll realize the snake probably has it, but then you need to figure out how to get the snake to give it up.
From The Verge ● Jun. 9, 2019
"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
