as in devising
to perform, make, or do without preparation
a good talk show host has to be able to extemporize the interviews when things don't go as planned
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Bob-Waksberg and his collaborators retain their impressive gift for devising ludicrous comic set pieces to go alongside the heavier material.—
Alan Sepinwall,
Rolling Stone,
22 Aug. 2025 -
Butorac has spent much of the past year quizzing, cajoling and nudging those stars, ultimately devising a format geared to their needs.—
Matthew Futterman,
New York Times,
19 Aug. 2025
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During this time, my contemporaries have advanced the field of innovation, improvising new tools and metrics that help organizations and their leaders increase the input, throughput, and output of fresh, value-adding ideas.—
Robert B. Tucker,
Forbes.com,
26 Aug. 2025
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Which is especially odd considering the many examples of their peers improvising, adapting, repurposing players to fit a role as required.—
Nick Miller,
New York Times,
19 Aug. 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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That isn't stopping Andy Bailey of Bleacher Report from concocting a massive trade proposal that would send the nine-time All-Star to the New York Knicks.—
Ricardo Klein,
MSNBC Newsweek,
26 Aug. 2025
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On August 1, after BLS reported weak job creation and sizable downward revisions, the president dismissed Commissioner Erika McEntarfer, accusing her – without evidence – of faking data.—
Teresa Ghilarducci,
Forbes.com,
1 Sep. 2025
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Rapunzel might be faking his tourist status in New York as well as his aversion to blood.—
Louis Peitzman,
Vulture,
27 Aug. 2025
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“Extemporizing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/extemporizing. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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