as in to devise
to perform, make, or do without preparation
since the award was a complete surprise, I improvised an acceptance speech
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Recent Examples of improvise
In it, Coppola challenges Plaza to improvise a line and rehearse it over and over as different characters.
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Elsa Keslassy, Variety, 28 Aug. 2025
With the latest advance for wantaway Brentford forward Yoane Wissa batted away again Wednesday, Howe will have to improvise again against Liverpool.
—Jack Bantock, New York Times, 25 Aug. 2025
At one point, Paul improvises a blowtorch and singes Carey’s face, leaving his peepers hairless.
—Justin Chang, New Yorker, 22 Aug. 2025
On the opening drive, Dart improvised and hit wide receiver Gunner Olszewski for a 50-yard catch and run down to the Patriots’ 11-yard line.
—Pat Leonard, New York Daily News, 22 Aug. 2025
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Elsa Keslassy, Variety, 28 Aug. 2025
With the latest advance for wantaway Brentford forward Yoane Wissa batted away again Wednesday, Howe will have to improvise again against Liverpool.
—Jack Bantock, New York Times, 25 Aug. 2025
At one point, Paul improvises a blowtorch and singes Carey’s face, leaving his peepers hairless.
—Justin Chang, New Yorker, 22 Aug. 2025
On the opening drive, Dart improvised and hit wide receiver Gunner Olszewski for a 50-yard catch and run down to the Patriots’ 11-yard line.
—Pat Leonard, New York Daily News, 22 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for improvise
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Stone is a former Riverside County supervisor who devised another north-south split for California, this one intended to give the new eastern California state a couple more seats in Congress and two more Republican seats in the Senate.—
Thomas Elias,
Mercury News,
16 Sep. 2025
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Saluti has devised a unique trio of designs for The Vault, each drawing inspiration from nature to create abstract, hypnotic forms that blur the boundaries of her creative disciplines.—
Mark Ellwood,
Robb Report,
16 Sep. 2025
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Advertisement Advertisement Synthetic dyes are generally made from petroleum and concocted in labs.—
Alice Park,
Time,
15 Sep. 2025
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To solve this problem, materials scientists at Nanyang Technological University in Singapore have concocted a new sunscreen recipe that spares the ocean’s vital microorganisms.—
Andrew Paul,
Popular Science,
4 Sep. 2025
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The future, instead, seems to belong to the teams and coaches who are willing to be a little more flexible and see their role as providing a platform on which their players might extemporize.—
Rory Smith,
New York Times,
3 Mar. 2023
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Friends said he was talented and could extemporize about anything.—
Jacques Kelly,
Baltimore Sun,
24 Jan. 2023
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“Improvise.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/improvise. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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