unconventional

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Much of that growth came from unconventional drilling, including hydraulic fracturing and horizontal drilling from geologic formations such as shale rock.

From MarketWatch

As a young Klaebo experimented with this unconventional approach, his grandfather clocked him with a stopwatch.

From The Wall Street Journal

A lot of time-travel high jinks follow, familiar in their broad outlines but unconventional and highly entertaining in their specifics.

From The Wall Street Journal

What’s Next: The prospect of a 100-year tranche is unconventional because of how hard it is to predict External link technology’s staying power.

From Barron's

The prospect of a 100-year tranche would be unconventional because it is difficult to predict the staying power of technology so many decades out.

From MarketWatch