out of the box
Americanadverb
idiom
Example Sentences
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As with his “Transformers” spin-off “Bumblebee,” he makes movies like a child who loves taking his action figures out of the box and giving them a silly soul.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 3, 2026
Red Bull were running the first engine produced by their new in-house facility, and he said Mercedes "came out of the box strong".
From BBC ● Feb. 3, 2026
When they come out of the box, balls have a slick coating with ultra pointy ends.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 6, 2025
“Larry’s always thinking out of the box and about what’s happening next,” says Tom Siebel, who joined Oracle in 1984 and later founded Siebel Systems and C3.ai.
From Barron's ● Oct. 10, 2025
Molly lifts a stack of ledgers out of the box and thumps it on the floor.
From "Orphan Train" by Christina Baker Kline
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