as in to devise
to perform, make, or do without preparation
since the award was a complete surprise, I improvised an acceptance speech
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Recent Examples of improvise
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Because of the meta link, there was suspicion that the line may have been improvised.
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Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 20 Mar. 2025
His ability to improvise is above average and his leadership skills are phenomenal!
—Heide Janssen, Orange County Register, 16 Mar. 2025
To get to play and improvise with one of the greats was a special thing.
—Wesley Stenzel, EW.com, 21 Mar. 2025
The lively Cuban jam-style tune invites musicians to improvise lyrics, a homegrown tradition from the city of Santiago, the center of Cuban son music.
—Orlando Matos, NBC News, 19 Mar. 2025
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Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 20 Mar. 2025
His ability to improvise is above average and his leadership skills are phenomenal!
—Heide Janssen, Orange County Register, 16 Mar. 2025
To get to play and improvise with one of the greats was a special thing.
—Wesley Stenzel, EW.com, 21 Mar. 2025
The lively Cuban jam-style tune invites musicians to improvise lyrics, a homegrown tradition from the city of Santiago, the center of Cuban son music.
—Orlando Matos, NBC News, 19 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for improvise
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Despite the entrenched ethical norms of the legal profession, educational institutions at every level should devise strategies designed to improve the public’s understanding of government and its critical intersection with the rule of law.—
Blake D. Morant,
Forbes.com,
3 Apr. 2025
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Vince McMahon has devised various gimmicks and names for wrestlers while running WWE over the last several decades.—
Josh Hammer,
MSNBC Newsweek,
1 Apr. 2025
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Some are concocting nostalgic scrapbooks and others are knitting cozy blankets or adorable sweaters.—
Lauren Thomann,
Better Homes & Gardens,
17 Mar. 2025
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At that point, the writers gathered to familiarize themselves (for the first time) with the original show and began concocting various excuses for having big-name stars floating in and out of the Bradys’ new life in Malibu.—
Elaina Patton,
IndieWire,
12 Mar. 2025
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The future, instead, seems to belong to the teams and coaches who are willing to be a little more flexible and see their role as providing a platform on which their players might extemporize.—
Rory Smith,
New York Times,
3 Mar. 2023
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Friends said he was talented and could extemporize about anything.—
Jacques Kelly,
Baltimore Sun,
24 Jan. 2023
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“Improvise.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/improvise. Accessed 10 Apr. 2025.
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