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

"They're now checking if it's inside or outside the box… Denmark penalty! Hojlund against Gordon. Denmark level!"

From BBC • Mar. 24, 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

The goal was Demirovic's 50th in the Bundesliga but his first from outside the box.

From Barron's • Feb. 1, 2026

“Great leaders have to think outside the box sometimes.”

From "The House of Hades" by Rick Riordan