unorthodox

Example Sentences

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By the time Rai turned pro as a teenager, and then secured his first European Tour victory in 2018, he trusted his unorthodox methodology.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 18, 2026

It feels fitting that an underdog who uses what some consider unorthodox methods was last man standing at a slugfest of a US PGA Championship held in Rocky Balboa's backyard.

From BBC • May 18, 2026

The FBI director was also on the Hill this week for a budget hearing and, in an unorthodox strategy for a setting where you’re asking Congress for money, was eager to fight.

From Slate • May 16, 2026

But Berk’s push to move quickly is unorthodox.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 23, 2026

Most of the “TB tribe” who knew about Farmer considered Socios en Salud’s work unorthodox and Farmer something of a maverick—a clinician too interested in individual patients to comprehend the global TB picture.

From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French