as in devising
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 improvising
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.
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Robert B. Tucker, Forbes.com, 26 Aug. 2025
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
Washington is unsurprisingly mesmerizing, improvising small gestures and throwing away lines.
—Katie Walsh, Boston Herald, 14 Aug. 2025
There is no need to look any further than Allen, Daboll’s former pupil, for a blueprint of how holding the ball and improvising can go right.
—Pat Leonard, New York Daily News, 7 Aug. 2025
Robert B. Tucker, Forbes.com, 26 Aug. 2025
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
Washington is unsurprisingly mesmerizing, improvising small gestures and throwing away lines.
—Katie Walsh, Boston Herald, 14 Aug. 2025
There is no need to look any further than Allen, Daboll’s former pupil, for a blueprint of how holding the ball and improvising can go right.
—Pat Leonard, New York Daily News, 7 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for improvising
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One of the biggest difficulties in devising laws on the topic of AI for mental health involves defining what constitutes AI for mental health.—
Lance Eliot,
Forbes.com,
8 Sep. 2025
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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
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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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“Improvising.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/improvising. Accessed 11 Sep. 2025.
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