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
More This is why only the most trusted and successful superstars are given the leeway to improvise and extend their segments.
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Andrew Ravens, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 July 2025
Tasks move faster because they are structured, not improvised.
—Matthew Buckingham, Forbes.com, 18 July 2025
The briefly teased scrap with the freaky robo-woman forged from Webster's sister (Annie Ross) never gets started, while Superman's victory is dependent on the unlikely stupidity of a machine smart enough to improvise its own kryptonite ray in seconds.
—Richard Edwards, Space.com, 10 July 2025
Will downtown buildings in L.A. illuminate improvised lightning bolts, as happened in downtown San Diego?
—Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 July 2025
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Andrew Ravens, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 July 2025
Tasks move faster because they are structured, not improvised.
—Matthew Buckingham, Forbes.com, 18 July 2025
The briefly teased scrap with the freaky robo-woman forged from Webster's sister (Annie Ross) never gets started, while Superman's victory is dependent on the unlikely stupidity of a machine smart enough to improvise its own kryptonite ray in seconds.
—Richard Edwards, Space.com, 10 July 2025
Will downtown buildings in L.A. illuminate improvised lightning bolts, as happened in downtown San Diego?
—Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for improvise
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Another useful aspect entails potentially recasting or reusing the same form of custom instruction elaborations to devise other capabilities beyond this education-domain instance.—
Lance Eliot,
Forbes.com,
3 Aug. 2025
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According to one speaker, removing those guardrails and creating a dedicated non-public LLM can be an effective way to create malware and devise techniques for evading antivirus detection.—
Neil J. Rubenking,
PC Magazine,
1 Aug. 2025
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Prosecutors say the men met while in county jail, then concocted the plan to kill the victim.—
City News Service,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
31 July 2025
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Stan Lee himself concocted the idea of a robo-pal to round out the group.—
Jordan Hoffman,
EW.com,
26 July 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 6 Aug. 2025.
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