ad-libbing

present participle of ad-lib

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for ad-libbing
Verb
  • To confront it, community members are building new institutions underground and improvising new forms of social life.
    Robert F. Worth, The Atlantic, 19 Oct. 2025
  • As a member of the Soultronics, as the 13-person touring band was called, Hamilton stood harmonizing and improvising behind the man who was crafting a new foundation for soul music.
    Elise Brisco, Rolling Stone, 16 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • For 39 years, Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act has required redistricting institutions to consider racial and ethnic minority representation when devising congressional districts.
    Sam D. Hayes, The Conversation, 13 Oct. 2025
  • The problem in devising such a tax is defining what constitutes a robot.
    Zach Halaschak, The Washington Examiner, 10 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • China has also been concocting a pretext for action.
    Charlie Campbell, Time, 23 Oct. 2025
  • But in the late 1800s, food companies began concocting products that were wildly different from anything people could make themselves.
    Alice Callahan, New York Times, 16 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Rozier is accused of faking an injury to leave a game early and underperform expectations to manipulate bets that had taken place.
    Kate Plummer, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Oct. 2025
  • Upon receiving the handoff, Pacheco hesitated for a beat before faking left, juking right and breaking a tackle on the way to his longest rush of the season — a 16-yard gain on a drive that ended in a Kansas City touchdown.
    Pete Sweeney, Kansas City Star, 9 Oct. 2025
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“Ad-libbing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ad-libbing. Accessed 28 Oct. 2025.

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