out of character
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It’s his money, but I believe he may be depleting his retirement account, which is very out of character for him.
From MarketWatch
I’m including the comments in full because of how out of character they were for a Fed chair best known for cloaking his future decisions:
From Barron's
I’m including the comments in full because of how out of character they were for a Fed chair best known for cloaking his future decisions:
From Barron's
Byers, who represented himself at trial, said he had no animus toward law enforcement and that it would be “out of character” for him to shoot at police.
From Los Angeles Times
He admits that the confined shoot made it "hard to get out of character because you start to feel like that's your domain, that's your space".
From BBC
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