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- not bad for an ad-lib comedy routine
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nounSynonyms & Antonyms of ad-lib (Entry 2 of 3)
- you would never suspect that that stirring speech was an ad-lib
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verbSynonyms & Antonyms of ad-lib (Entry 3 of 3)
- had to ad-lib constructing a piñata because she'd never actually seen it being done
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“Ad-lib.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ad-lib. Accessed 13 Aug. 2022.
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The first known use of ad-lib was in 1791
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