as in impromptu
made or done without previous thought or preparation
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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Recent Examples of off-the-cuff
Sheeran’s approach to unveiling Play has been fairly off-the-cuff, so far.
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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
One of Kim Kardashian's most precious pieces of jewelry was saved when she was robbed in Paris in 2016 — thanks to an off-the-cuff warning from Kanye West.
—Julia Moore, People.com, 13 Mar. 2025
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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
One of Kim Kardashian's most precious pieces of jewelry was saved when she was robbed in Paris in 2016 — thanks to an off-the-cuff warning from Kanye West.
—Julia Moore, People.com, 13 Mar. 2025
See All Example Sentences for off-the-cuff
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“Off-the-cuff.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/off-the-cuff. Accessed 25 Apr. 2025.
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