extemporized

past tense of extemporize

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for extemporized
Verb
  • The hunter improvised a sleeping bag using a mylar rescue blanket and tarp, rescuers said.
    Don Sweeney, Sacbee.com, 22 Sep. 2025
  • The works of Rower’s grandfather, taken together, have an accidental, artisanal air—more like toys improvised and reassembled than objects weighed down by deliberation.
    Adam Gopnik, New Yorker, 15 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Prosecutors described Sanaa Cunningham’s death as the result of a murder plot concocted by her father and stepmother, Germayne and Lisa Cunningham, following months of abuse and neglect.
    Perry Vandell, AZCentral.com, 29 Sep. 2025
  • Swartz concocted this massive blockbuster trade idea, which sends Brown to his hometown team, the Atlanta Hawks.
    Ricardo Klein, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • What neither side has devised is an easy offramp to prevent what could become a protracted closure.
    Mary Clare Jalonick, Fortune, 1 Oct. 2025
  • Prior to Leucippus, earlier scientist-philosophers had devised the concepts of elements as components of reality, and often looked to one component in particular as being the fundamental originator — or arche (ἀρχή) — of all the others.
    Ethan Siegel, Big Think, 30 Sep. 2025
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“Extemporized.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/extemporized. Accessed 7 Oct. 2025.

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