extemporizing

verb

present participle of extemporize
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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Recent Examples of Synonyms for extemporizing
  1. devising
  2. improvising
  3. concocting
  4. faking
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  • Now, researchers at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) have thwarted that tyranny even more profoundly, by devising an ultra-fast way to steer light, using light itself as the steering wheel.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 20 Aug. 2026
  • Now Iran’s hardline leadership is devising and promoting its own strategy for continued confrontation with Washington.
    — Tim Lister, CNN Money, 19 Aug. 2026
Definition of devising
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  • Cancer — when practical support can become more necessary than ever — often leaves everyone improvising.
    — Emily Cegielski, Flow Space, 24 Aug. 2026
  • Guo Degang was accused of violating public morals for improvising the lyrics to a communist party song.
    — Daniel Wine, CNN Money, 18 Aug. 2026
Definition of improvising
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  • But the proposition isn’t simply about concocting an outfit for 18 holes.
    — Mike Dojc, Forbes.com, 20 Aug. 2026
  • Ghost also accused Wilson and her PR team of concocting a smear campaign against her.
    — Leigh Blickley, Entertainment Weekly, 22 July 2026
Definition of concocting
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  • As a result, Kaspersky suspects the ultimate goal was to use the infected head units to display ads and faking interactions with them to commit online ad fraud.
    — Michael Kan, PC Magazine, 21 Aug. 2026
  • Prosecutors said Clancy planned the murders before faking a suicide attempt that left her paralyzed and in a wheelchair.
    — Matt Schooley, CBS News, 18 Aug. 2026
Definition of faking
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“Extemporizing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/extemporizing. Accessed 29 Aug. 2026.

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