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
His favorite play call has more to do with how one of his players improvised on the field rather than the design of the play.
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Bruce Feldman, New York Times, 30 May 2025
The Evansville Police Department Bomb Technicians arrived at the scene and examined the materials, determining they were improvised incendiary devices, officials said.
—Viola Flowers, NBC news, 30 May 2025
Lohan improvised many of the hilarious quirks in the moment, despite only having simple instructions on the page.
—Alejandra Gularte, Vulture, 31 May 2025
According to LaBella’s lawsuit, Costner, the director, improvised a scene in which Hunt’s character would be raped.
—Gene Maddaus, Variety, 28 May 2025
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Bruce Feldman, New York Times, 30 May 2025
The Evansville Police Department Bomb Technicians arrived at the scene and examined the materials, determining they were improvised incendiary devices, officials said.
—Viola Flowers, NBC news, 30 May 2025
Lohan improvised many of the hilarious quirks in the moment, despite only having simple instructions on the page.
—Alejandra Gularte, Vulture, 31 May 2025
According to LaBella’s lawsuit, Costner, the director, improvised a scene in which Hunt’s character would be raped.
—Gene Maddaus, Variety, 28 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for improvise
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Flummoxed in Congress, organizing back home The pushback to Trump has been slow in starting as congressional Democrats, outnumbered in both chambers, continue to struggle to devise the strongest message and most effective tactics to use against the Republican president.—
Susan Page,
USA Today,
16 June 2025
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For this space, Pablo Luna Studio devised a new type of harmony that combines inventiveness with deep roots.—
Jim Dobson,
Forbes.com,
16 June 2025
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Essentially, people are challenging themselves to concoct the most atrociously belligerent bass in history.—
Kieran Press-Reynolds,
Pitchfork,
4 June 2025
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In second place is Jeff (Ramy Youssef), an AI guru getting a lot of love from the public sector about an anti-deepfake filter his company has concocted.—
David Fear,
Rolling Stone,
31 May 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 19 Jun. 2025.
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