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Recent Examples of extemporaneous The winners of Monday’s, Tuesday’s, and Wednesday’s shows went on to compete Thursday for bestest extemporaneous cultural critic. Bethy Squires, Vulture, 4 Apr. 2025 And Jonathan said, as [he’s being choked], was this extemporaneous? Mike Fleming Jr, Deadline, 5 Dec. 2024 That might explain why the Portland-via-Fort Lauderdale post-hardcore band performs with such extemporaneous vigor on Deep Sage, thrashing and flailing in a release of anger that trades blind rage for determined revenge. Madison Bloom, Pitchfork, 4 Dec. 2024 If extemporaneous speaking is challenging, consider an improv class. Expert Panel®, Forbes, 4 Sep. 2024 See All Example Sentences for extemporaneous
Recent Examples of Synonyms for extemporaneous
Adjective
  • Christmas Eve is her favorite day of the year, but she’s just been informed that her adult children won’t be coming over tonight because her ex-husband has decided to throw an impromptu wedding reception after his impromptu courthouse wedding with his second wife.
    Christian Zilko, IndieWire, 4 Sep. 2025
  • No longer do white picket fences divide neighbors and security gates enclose neighborhoods, but walking trails zig zag throughout the homes with lush landscaping to give access to impromptu social intersections alongside nature.
    Jennifer Castenson, Forbes.com, 28 Aug. 2025
Adjective
  • Ohs has described his method as collaborative and as calculatedly improvisational, a mix of composition in advance and real-time discovery.
    Richard Brody, New Yorker, 4 Sep. 2025
  • But the Grateful Dead were an improvisational band.
    Stephanie Nolasco, FOXNews.com, 30 Aug. 2025
Adjective
  • The improvised nature of the production was born in part out of practical necessity.
    Christopher Vourlias, Variety, 6 Sep. 2025
  • One person lies in the street, his head cracked open in a pool of blood, while a boy is carried away on an improvised stretcher.
    Mahmoud Atef, CNN Money, 30 Aug. 2025

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“Extemporaneous.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/extemporaneous. Accessed 11 Sep. 2025.

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