How to Use nonconventional in a Sentence

nonconventional

adjective
  • But banks balked at supporting such a nonconventional business model for the area.
    — Fortune, 31 Aug. 2019
  • But in Woolf’s circle, nonconventional pairings were the norm.
    — Laird Borrelli-Persson, Vogue, 2 Nov. 2020
  • Searchlight used virtual editions of festivals to showcase the movie and its talent, a conventional approach in a nonconventional time.
    — Washington Post, 23 Feb. 2021
  • Lower output of nonconventional oil extraction also contributed to the overall decline in January.
    — Kim MacKrael, WSJ, 29 Mar. 2018
  • The final Clash iteration offered a fresh perspective on carbon fiber design, with the frame construction including nonconventional angles to offer new dimensions of the frame beam.
    — Tim Newcomb, Popular Mechanics, 21 Jan. 2020
  • The report claims the IRGC is exploring nonconventional warhead configurations for long-range missiles.
    — Efrat Lachter, FOXNews.com, 29 Dec. 2025
  • That domain has, in some senses, proven to be the one where Herbert’s lessons about nonconventional tactics are the most apt of all, where deception, deniability, and asymmetric warfare thrive outside strictures of global conventions.
    — Andy Greenberg, Wired, 28 Sep. 2021
  • Additional states may consider the possible deterrent benefits of possessing nuclear arms or, if the costs of acquiring such weapons are prohibitive, other nonconventional weapons.
    — William C. Potter, Foreign Affairs, 15 Dec. 2023
  • The difference, however, is that Cannon proudly embraces his lifestyle of nonconventional fatherhood and rejects traditional monogamy, even challenging those who are skeptical.
    — Jenna Ryu, USA TODAY, 30 Sep. 2022
  • China’s use of nonconventional weaponry may be a strategic move to avoid sparking escalation and to stave off international attention, particularly from the United States.
    — Anika Arora Seth, Washington Post, 22 June 2024
  • Fears that Moscow might introduce nonconventional weapons into the Ukrainian conflict have intensified in the wake of Russian failures to quickly to capture major Ukrainian cities.
    — Anchorage Daily News, 12 Mar. 2022
  • Fears that Moscow might introduce nonconventional weapons into the Ukrainian conflict have intensified in the wake of Russian failures to quickly to capture major Ukrainian cities.
    — Washington Post, 10 Mar. 2022
  • For the rehearsal dinner, guests were engrossed in an authentic Mexican night of drinking, dancing and celebrating; a nonconventional pre-ceremony event the couple dubbed their Fiesta Blanco.
    — Carley K, Harper's BAZAAR, 23 Mar. 2017
  • Traditional higher education programs still exist, but many nonconventional and alternative teacher preparation programs have been established, and the licensure via portfolio option has been expanded.
    — Caroline Maguire and Laura Mogelson, Star Tribune, 6 May 2021
  • The number is especially sobering given that Ritter’s metric measures from the first-day closing price (which is almost always higher than the official offer price), and excludes nonconventional IPOs like reverse mergers.
    — Jeff John Roberts, Fortune, 14 Jan. 2026
  • Clinical Apothecaries uses compounding -- the combining, admixing, mixing, diluting, reconstituting, or otherwise altering of a drug or bulk drug substance -- to help treat patients in nonconventional medical practices.
    — Justin Madden, cleveland.com, 18 Jan. 2018
  • The house was founded in 1966 by Spanish fashion maverick Paco Rabanne, whose futuristic vision and use of nonconventional materials became a reference in Space Age chic.
    — Miles Socha, Footwear News, 3 Sep. 2019
  • But Magen David Adom’s dispatch unit in Ramla, about 12 miles southeast of Tel Aviv, is more than 100 feet underground, safeguarded by thick walls and a sophisticated respirator system capable of providing clean air in case of conventional and nonconventional attacks.
    — Matt Nighswander, NBC news, 4 Mar. 2026

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