ad hoc

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Recent Examples of ad hoc And that bill continued to grow as the regime of ad hoc restrictions continued into late 2022, long past when most of the rest of the world had learned to live with the virus. Christian Shepherd, Washington Post, 15 Feb. 2023 Membership also includes access to virtual workshops, podcasts, and GrowthMentor’s community Slack channel, and ad hoc in-person events hosted in 14 cities globally. Paolo Confino, Fortune, 30 Jan. 2023 But this ad hoc approach raises questions of equity. Jenny Vrentas, New York Times, 29 Jan. 2023 The Concerned Citizens of NY-03 describes itself as an ad hoc, nonpartisan group of residents who want Santos out of office. Alexandra Hutzler, ABC News, 17 Jan. 2023 See All Example Sentences for ad hoc
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Adjective
  • All students must complete an impromptu essay, which involves reading a short text and responding to a question about it within a two-hour time limit.
    Rory Linnane, jsonline.com, 3 Oct. 2025
  • In public, Mark Kerr speaks amiably about his trainer turned rival and even takes him along for a rowdy impromptu meet-and-greet, but the lack of friction comes off less as a sign of his unflappability than of Safdie’s indifference to probing a friendship beyond buddy-comedy depth.
    Richard Brody, New Yorker, 30 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • Two months later, the group launched more than two dozen attacks across northeastern Syria, relying on a combination of guerrilla tactics, including small arms fire, ambushes, assassinations, and improvised explosive devices targeting military checkpoints and government vehicles.
    Caroline Rose, Foreign Affairs, 18 Sep. 2025
  • The researchers believe this error was not from its knowledge base but was an improvised guess based on their prior conversation about the square’s diagonal.
    Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 17 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • The film, shot in the sort of seemingly improvisational, realistic style championed by John Cassavetes, may be too raw for mainstream consumption, but deservingly snagged the festival’s award for Best First Feature.
    Frank Scheck, HollywoodReporter, 3 Oct. 2025
  • By comparison, campaign two felt more scattered and improvisational (befitting a D&D game).
    Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 1 Oct. 2025

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“Ad hoc.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ad%20hoc. Accessed 10 Oct. 2025.

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