as in devising
to perform, make, or do without preparation
a good talk show host has to be able to extemporize the interviews when things don't go as planned
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Counties across the state have been pondering this crisis and devising solutions that can be accomplished in partnership with our state leaders — because this crisis is unquestionably our shared responsibility to solve.—
Monica Montgomery Steppe,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
18 May 2026 -
Rue frantically offered to help get Alamo's money back, calling Faye (Chloe Cherry) up on the phone and devising a plan to get a safe key from Wayne (Toby Wallace).—
Erin Jensen,
USA Today,
18 May 2026
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Well after midnight, after two long pieces—and an hour of improvising—Jarrett brought the music to a delicate close.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
6 May 2026
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The breakthrough came when Tash resurfaced months-old recordings of the two casually improvising at the piano.—
Alison Weinflash,
Rolling Stone,
1 May 2026
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And she’s spent a decade scaling her brand into an industry disrupter; Ellsworth began concocting prebiotic drinks in 2015, founding her business just one year later.—
Emma Burleigh,
Fortune,
11 May 2026
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According to the report, workers illegally pocketed between $20,000 and more than $41,000 in Paycheck Protection Program loans from a massive federal COVID-19 pandemic relief effort – some by concocting companies that didn't exist to pocket federal assistance funds.—
Chris Tye,
CBS News,
15 Apr. 2026
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The city has been wildly overspending, faking a balanced budget with rosy projections of revenue and raids on the city’s budget reserves.—
Susan Shelley,
Daily News,
13 May 2026
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Many ships still in the Persian Gulf switched off their AIS location transponders, or were faking their locations this week, a CBS News analysis found Wednesday.—
May 6,
CBS News,
6 May 2026
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“Extemporizing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/extemporizing. Accessed 22 May. 2026.
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