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
Verb
  • Across product organizations, Microsoft executives have been devising ways to charge customers based on usage to better reflect rising costs.
    — Jordan Novet, CNBC, 3 Sep. 2026
  • 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
Definition of devising
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  • But across Gaza, students and teachers are improvising with what is left, still driven by the promise of education.
    — Ghada Abdulfattah, Christian Science Monitor, 25 Sep. 2026
  • Few can tell you how old the newest thing in it is or what the team has been improvising in the meantime.
    — Snehal Nimje, Forbes.com, 23 Sep. 2026
Definition of improvising
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  • Explanations require concocting narratives and then defending them.
    — Diana Olick, CNBC, 24 Sep. 2026
  • Secrecy laws like Georgia’s shield the public from awareness of the growing costs of pharmacists concocting drugs and the doctors administering the injections.
    — Max Blau, ProPublica, 8 Sep. 2026
Definition of concocting
Verb
  • Verity has somehow been faking a persistive vegetative state.
    — Bethy Squires, Vulture, 5 Oct. 2026
  • Fooling hapless web surfers into giving away their credentials by faking secure websites is easy, by comparison.
    — Neil J. Rubenking, PC Magazine, 30 Sep. 2026
Definition of faking
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“Extemporizing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/extemporizing. Accessed 7 Oct. 2026.

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