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out there

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adjective

  1. slang (out-there when prenominal) unconventional or eccentric

    he blends sublime pop moments with some real out-there stuff

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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But it does feel like Justice Jackson is out there at the top of the mountain ringing a very loud alarm bell to say: This is the play.

From Slate • Jun. 11, 2026

That marks the reversal of a 15-year period when company buybacks and mergers-and-acquisitions activity whittled down the actual number of shares out there to invest, giving stocks fuel to keep rising, said McElligott.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 11, 2026

“He put Exxon out there in a way that created reputational problems it’s taken a long time to recover from.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 10, 2026

But because of the Ashes, they simply could not go out there and play Bazball and get rolled over.

From BBC • Jun. 7, 2026

It turned out there was another thing Llewelyn the Fifteenth, Prince of the Red Woods seemed to be afraid of, and that was very great heights.

From "The Way to Rio Luna" by Zoraida Cordova

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