outside the box

Example Sentences

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Let’s think outside the box on the Iran nuclear issue.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 22, 2026

By that I mean: He thinks outside the box.

From Barron's • Apr. 7, 2026

Lethal anywhere in the final third, only Como's Nico Paz has more league goals from outside the box than Semenyo's four this term.

From BBC • Mar. 31, 2026

“Instead of just endorsing the product and doing it as another campaign, she really helped me to think outside the box with that one,” Earle says.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 4, 2026

After all, they can’t be outside the box; we know that they are restricted to a certain volume, because if they were outside the box, we would not be looking at them.

From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife