as in impromptu
made or done without previous thought or preparation
stumbled through an improvised reply to an unexpected question at the press conference
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as in concocted
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 improvised
Caroline Rose, Foreign Affairs, 18 Sep. 2025
The researchers believe this error was not from its knowledge base but was an improvised guess based on their prior conversation about the square’s diagonal.
—Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 17 Sep. 2025
After Rogen gave a short and seemingly improvised speech, Bargatze returned for a brief monologue.
—Rosa Escandon, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2025
The improvised nature of the production was born in part out of practical necessity.
—Christopher Vourlias, Variety, 6 Sep. 2025
One person lies in the street, his head cracked open in a pool of blood, while a boy is carried away on an improvised stretcher.
—Mahmoud Atef, CNN Money, 30 Aug. 2025
His signature moment was the improvised pass to Johnson on the right sideline.
—Patrick Z. McGavin, Chicago Tribune, 30 Aug. 2025
The suspect also had a smoke bomb, or a firework that would produce smoke, but no bomb or improvised explosives were found on the scene, according to O'Hara.
—Hollie Silverman, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 Aug. 2025
But this shift was not an improvised experiment.
—Martín Toro, Rolling Stone, 21 Aug. 2025
Miquel Ros, CNN Money, 7 Oct. 2025
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
Apatow likes to point out, swelling with pride, that then-8-year-old Maude completely improvised her character’s hilarious explanation of where babies come from in Knocked Up.
—Adrienne Lafrance, The Atlantic, 15 Sep. 2025
There are a number of live shows in this, the dialogue is heavily improvised, each character is sympathetic, and the band gets to reclaim their fame in Japan at the end.
—Anne Victoria Clark, Vulture, 12 Sep. 2025
It was basically all improvised.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 10 Sep. 2025
She, whose life would end in the last year of this leaden, sick, suffocating century, in a noose improvised with the rope of a gymnastics ring.
—Literary Hub, 4 Sep. 2025
The men did not have proper equipment for a badminton match but improvised.
—Ashley J. Dimella, FOXNews.com, 29 Aug. 2025
Adjective
Two months later, the group launched more than two dozen attacks across northeastern Syria, relying on a combination of guerrilla tactics, including small arms fire, ambushes, assassinations, and improvised explosive devices targeting military checkpoints and government vehicles.
—Caroline Rose, Foreign Affairs, 18 Sep. 2025
The researchers believe this error was not from its knowledge base but was an improvised guess based on their prior conversation about the square’s diagonal.
—Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 17 Sep. 2025
After Rogen gave a short and seemingly improvised speech, Bargatze returned for a brief monologue.
—Rosa Escandon, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2025
The improvised nature of the production was born in part out of practical necessity.
—Christopher Vourlias, Variety, 6 Sep. 2025
One person lies in the street, his head cracked open in a pool of blood, while a boy is carried away on an improvised stretcher.
—Mahmoud Atef, CNN Money, 30 Aug. 2025
His signature moment was the improvised pass to Johnson on the right sideline.
—Patrick Z. McGavin, Chicago Tribune, 30 Aug. 2025
The suspect also had a smoke bomb, or a firework that would produce smoke, but no bomb or improvised explosives were found on the scene, according to O'Hara.
—Hollie Silverman, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 Aug. 2025
But this shift was not an improvised experiment.
—Martín Toro, Rolling Stone, 21 Aug. 2025
Verb
The new settlement wasn’t improvised.
—Miquel Ros, CNN Money, 7 Oct. 2025
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
Apatow likes to point out, swelling with pride, that then-8-year-old Maude completely improvised her character’s hilarious explanation of where babies come from in Knocked Up.
—Adrienne Lafrance, The Atlantic, 15 Sep. 2025
There are a number of live shows in this, the dialogue is heavily improvised, each character is sympathetic, and the band gets to reclaim their fame in Japan at the end.
—Anne Victoria Clark, Vulture, 12 Sep. 2025
It was basically all improvised.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 10 Sep. 2025
She, whose life would end in the last year of this leaden, sick, suffocating century, in a noose improvised with the rope of a gymnastics ring.
—Literary Hub, 4 Sep. 2025
The men did not have proper equipment for a badminton match but improvised.
—Ashley J. Dimella, FOXNews.com, 29 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for improvised
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And then, after that, Edgecombe goes through another impromptu workout with development guru and Sixers assistant Rico Hines.—
Tony Jones,
New York Times,
9 Oct. 2025
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Between Kim Kardashian’s new power pixie and Kris Jenner’s impromptu platinum bleach job, there seems to be a Freaky Friday situation going down at the KarJenners’ this week.—
Grace McCarty,
Glamour,
9 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Maybe the purposefully ambiguous coda was concocted to prove some sort of Rashomon-style truth-is-subjective point.—
David Fear,
Rolling Stone,
9 Oct. 2025
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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
Adjective
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While most of the multiplayer modes are different flavors of the same idea, there’s a perpetually improvisational element that makes Battlefield 6 shine where other shooters falter.—
Christopher Cruz,
Rolling Stone,
9 Oct. 2025
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Songs were influenced by improvisational and bebop jazz, as well as gospel.—
Jenny Adams,
CNN Money,
5 Oct. 2025
Verb
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While enjoying drinks at Lucy’s across the street from Paramount Studios, William Wyler, Humphrey Bogart, John Huston and Lauren Bacall devised a hasty plan to show up in Washington to protest the hearings.—
Chris Yogerst,
HollywoodReporter,
6 Oct. 2025
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Performance on tests devised by seasoned professionals across banking, law, and consulting has nearly doubled in little more than a year, according to a preliminary study published in late September by data firm, Mercor.—
Harry Booth,
Time,
6 Oct. 2025
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The other occurred on the opening series when Mayfield faked a handoff and rolled left before throwing to Otton for 27 yards with Williams in his face.—
Michael-Shawn Dugar,
New York Times,
7 Oct. 2025
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Continue reading … KNOCK KNOCK – Voters claim Democrat faked address in key Virginia race that could flip House.—
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FOXNews.com,
3 Oct. 2025
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“Improvised.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/improvised. Accessed 13 Oct. 2025.
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