as in improvising
to perform, make, or do without preparation
had to ad-lib constructing a piñata because she'd never actually seen it being done
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Without governance, students receive mixed messages and faculty are left improvising in isolation.—
Dr. Aviva Legatt,
Forbes.com,
18 Sep. 2025 -
Since 2022, Wysocki has established himself as social media’s favorite cast member on Make Some Noise, Dropout’s game show in which contestants are rewarded points for improvising scenes based on comedic prompts.—
Kathryn VanArendonk,
Vulture,
15 Sep. 2025
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For OpenAI especially, devising new revenue streams is crucial.—
Billy Perrigo,
Time,
2 Oct. 2025
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The two quickly built a rapport, and Preservation began sending ‘Nandez beats, eventually inviting him to New Orleans to hang out while devising the project’s sonic core and predominant themes.—
Andre Gee,
Rolling Stone,
30 Sep. 2025
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Orbán has long sought to consolidate his power through concocting scapegoats for Hungary’s ills.—
Christian Edwards,
CNN Money,
19 Sep. 2025
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Not only is the kitchen fully on display but a separate alcove is given over to his highly technical lab, a play space dedicated to fermentation, aging, preserving and otherwise concocting.—
Ann Abel,
Forbes.com,
2 Sep. 2025
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Last month, a man was arrested after faking a bomb threat at the same ICE facility where Wednesday’s shooting occurred.—
Max Rego,
The Hill,
25 Sep. 2025
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Roughly 62 percent said that job seekers are now better at faking their identities with AI than hiring teams are at detecting them, and 31 percent had interviewed a candidate who was later revealed to be using a fake identity.—
Suzanne Blake,
MSNBC Newsweek,
23 Sep. 2025
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