out of character
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Encountering a “Joy of Painting” episode in a pet food store, then, is not out of character.
From Salon ● May 2, 2026
While Plaza loves how “freeing” animation is — “your imagination can run totally wild” — she says that even though it’s out of character for her, she’d play the “bad cop” in the writers room.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 20, 2026
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 ● Mar. 18, 2026
For him to leave the company they had built together seemed out of character.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 4, 2026
I’m out of character and Rufus is loving it.
From "They Both Die at the End" by Adam Silvera
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