as in impromptu
made or done without previous thought or preparation
stumbled through an improvised reply to an unexpected question at the press conference
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as in devised
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 improvised
Antonio María Delgado,
Miami Herald,
27 June 2026
Eventually, the rewrite and actors workshop rehearsal combined — a two-week period in which Jones, McCormick, Wilde, Rogen, Cruz, and Norton acted out, improvised scenes, and, most importantly, talked about characters.
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Chris O'Falt,
IndieWire,
24 June 2026
Víg had no prior experience composing for film, and the project – which relied heavily on documentary aesthetics and improvised performance – made for a steep learning curve.
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Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
20 June 2026
Intersections became improvised plazas, clotted with bodies.
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Vinson Cunningham,
New Yorker,
18 June 2026
Detectives who reviewed surveillance footage from the area along with evidence at the scene determined that the suspect used a rock to break a window and started fire using an improvised incendiary device, according to police.
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Carlos E. Castañeda,
CBS News,
17 June 2026
Garbage piles now choke nearly every Havana street corner, filling neighborhoods with stench, flies and rats as residents navigate improvised dumps outside homes, hospitals and busy thoroughfares.
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Andrea Rodríguez,
Los Angeles Times,
4 June 2026
All-Stars will perform an improvised version of the award-winning podcast.
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Caroline Ritzie,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
31 May 2026
Now, those nightly improvised tangents have become one of the production's most beloved elements.
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Dave Quinn,
PEOPLE,
26 May 2026
Jason Rantala,
CBS News,
28 June 2026
On the red carpet, Minetree teased working with Never Have I Ever star Maitreyi Ramakrishnan in season two, claiming the pair probably improvised the most together.
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Dessi Gomez,
Deadline,
27 June 2026
Grubbs will release a duo record with fellow avant-garde guitar hero Loren Connors, Somewhere in the Wind, on July 31, and is also prepping Bright Madness, his third improvised LP with musicians Wendy Eisenberg and Bonner Kramer for a late September release.
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Jonathan Cohen,
SPIN,
25 June 2026
Recorded live over two days at Electrical Audio in Chicago, BASIC was largely improvised.
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Jason P. Woodbury,
Pitchfork,
22 June 2026
French Economy Minister Roland Lescure, who attended the dinner, described the signing as largely improvised.
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ABC News,
18 June 2026
Professional sports are better equipped to withstand a culture increasingly saturated by gambling because the rules are bargained, not improvised.
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Eddie Brown,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
13 June 2026
The show, partly scripted and partly improvised, relies heavily on audience participation and a willingness to be vulnerable.
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Todd Martens,
Los Angeles Times,
10 June 2026
Four years later, the same governments improvised the same shortfalls under the conditions of national emergency.
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Dr. Aditya Vikram Kashyap,
Forbes.com,
1 June 2026
Adjective
Across La Guaira, the coastal state hardest-hit by the disaster, and in parts of Caracas, thousands of residents are spending nights outdoors in plazas, parks, sports courts and improvised encampments, sleeping on mattresses, blankets and folding chairs.
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Antonio María Delgado,
Miami Herald,
27 June 2026
Eventually, the rewrite and actors workshop rehearsal combined — a two-week period in which Jones, McCormick, Wilde, Rogen, Cruz, and Norton acted out, improvised scenes, and, most importantly, talked about characters.
—
Chris O'Falt,
IndieWire,
24 June 2026
Víg had no prior experience composing for film, and the project – which relied heavily on documentary aesthetics and improvised performance – made for a steep learning curve.
—
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
20 June 2026
Intersections became improvised plazas, clotted with bodies.
—
Vinson Cunningham,
New Yorker,
18 June 2026
Detectives who reviewed surveillance footage from the area along with evidence at the scene determined that the suspect used a rock to break a window and started fire using an improvised incendiary device, according to police.
—
Carlos E. Castañeda,
CBS News,
17 June 2026
Garbage piles now choke nearly every Havana street corner, filling neighborhoods with stench, flies and rats as residents navigate improvised dumps outside homes, hospitals and busy thoroughfares.
—
Andrea Rodríguez,
Los Angeles Times,
4 June 2026
All-Stars will perform an improvised version of the award-winning podcast.
—
Caroline Ritzie,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
31 May 2026
Now, those nightly improvised tangents have become one of the production's most beloved elements.
—
Dave Quinn,
PEOPLE,
26 May 2026
Verb
To stay dry, the two improvised, finding child-size rain coats when the adult ones were sold out at a Target store.
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Jason Rantala,
CBS News,
28 June 2026
On the red carpet, Minetree teased working with Never Have I Ever star Maitreyi Ramakrishnan in season two, claiming the pair probably improvised the most together.
—
Dessi Gomez,
Deadline,
27 June 2026
Grubbs will release a duo record with fellow avant-garde guitar hero Loren Connors, Somewhere in the Wind, on July 31, and is also prepping Bright Madness, his third improvised LP with musicians Wendy Eisenberg and Bonner Kramer for a late September release.
—
Jonathan Cohen,
SPIN,
25 June 2026
Recorded live over two days at Electrical Audio in Chicago, BASIC was largely improvised.
—
Jason P. Woodbury,
Pitchfork,
22 June 2026
French Economy Minister Roland Lescure, who attended the dinner, described the signing as largely improvised.
—
ABC News,
18 June 2026
Professional sports are better equipped to withstand a culture increasingly saturated by gambling because the rules are bargained, not improvised.
—
Eddie Brown,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
13 June 2026
The show, partly scripted and partly improvised, relies heavily on audience participation and a willingness to be vulnerable.
—
Todd Martens,
Los Angeles Times,
10 June 2026
Four years later, the same governments improvised the same shortfalls under the conditions of national emergency.
—
Dr. Aditya Vikram Kashyap,
Forbes.com,
1 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for improvised
Adjective
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Arepas and coffee anchor impromptu support circles, as grieving customers cling to fragile hope for the missing.
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An impromptu blind date with a handsome rapist ends with Esther punching him square in the nose, his blood gushing through her fingers.
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In 2011, Aguirre devised a technique to motivate his Real Zaragoza players ahead of a league match against Real Madrid.
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Scientists at the Korea Institute of Geoscience and Mineral Resources (KIGAM) have devised a technique to turn still-wet coffee grounds into high-grade biofuel in as little as 90 seconds.
Adjective
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Leigh is known for making films in a collaborative, improvisational process with his performers and has stayed close with O’Flynn through the years.
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The 34th annual edition of this popular festival, which focuses on improvisational, funk, roots and various styles of jam band music, takes place at the Nevada County Fairgrounds in Grass Valley.
Verb
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In 1949, a Nebraska plumbing contractor named Steve Henson was working in Anchorage, Alaska and concocted a salad dressing out of buttermilk, mayonnaise, and herbs to help feed his crew on remote job sites.
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In the one that opens the film, Forky (Tony Hale), the googly-eyed spork, marries a plastic knife called Karen Beverly (Melissa Villaseñor), a name so perfectly unmelodious that only a kid, or an adult exceptionally good at thinking like one, could have concocted it.
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When content becomes impossible to separate, the one thing left that cannot be faked, automated, or scaled is showing up in person.
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Parker was a mother of two children who faked a pregnancy while in a relationship with Wade Griffin in 2020.
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