off-the-cuff
adjective
: not prepared in advance : spontaneous, informal
off-the-cuff remarks
off-the-cuff
adverb
Examples of off-the-cuff in a Sentence
having gotten into hot water with some unfortunate off-the-cuff remarks, the candidate now limits himself to his carefully prepared campaign speech
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However, his off-the-cuff announcements and lack of coordination have increasingly caused .
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Jesus Mesa, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 Apr. 2025
Sheeran’s approach to unveiling Play has been fairly off-the-cuff, so far.
—Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 27 Mar. 2025
Prompting Off-The-Cuff Is The Norm Most people tend to compose their prompts via an off-the-cuff sense of intuition.
—Lance Eliot, Forbes, 18 Mar. 2025
For a president given to making and creating superlatives, his off-the-cuff campaign-style speech was unlike any other ever given by an occupant of the White House at the department.
—Erin Doherty, Axios, 14 Mar. 2025
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Jesus Mesa, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 Apr. 2025
Sheeran’s approach to unveiling Play has been fairly off-the-cuff, so far.
—Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 27 Mar. 2025
Prompting Off-The-Cuff Is The Norm Most people tend to compose their prompts via an off-the-cuff sense of intuition.
—Lance Eliot, Forbes, 18 Mar. 2025
For a president given to making and creating superlatives, his off-the-cuff campaign-style speech was unlike any other ever given by an occupant of the White House at the department.
—Erin Doherty, Axios, 14 Mar. 2025
See All Example Sentences for off-the-cuff
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“Off-the-cuff.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/off-the-cuff. Accessed 21 Apr. 2025.
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