think out
Britishverb
Example Sentences
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“That allowed us to think out of the box.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 13, 2026
The tight budget for the projects, he said, sometimes sent them back to the drawing board, allowed them to think out of the box and led to new innovations.
From BBC ● Nov. 3, 2024
He said Wiggins challenged employees to think out of the box, to do things differently.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 7, 2024
“I don’t do character development. I don’t … think out the plot in advance,” DiCamillo said.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 4, 2024
People did make it seem like chess was a game about life and that you have to always think out your next three moves and the moves of your opponent in order to win...at life.
From "The Boy in the Black Suit" by Jason Reynolds
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