as in impromptu
made or done without previous thought or preparation
having gotten into hot water with some unfortunate off-the-cuff remarks, the candidate now limits himself to his carefully prepared campaign speech
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Recent Examples of off-the-cuff
Trump made several off-the-cuff comments about the National Guard's deployment in the nation's capital, now in its eighth day, during a news conference in the Oval Office on Friday about World Cup plans.
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Lalee Ibssa, ABC News, 22 Aug. 2025
What’s more fascinating and impressive, is the fact that Queens of the Stone Age’s 2-hour set was a raw and off-the-cuff show.
—Quentin Thane Singer, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2025
That film wasn’t necessarily a crowd-pleaser, but its scathing depiction of Romania’s widening class divide made for an intriguing minimalist feature that felt both off-the-cuff and relevant.
—Jordan Mintzer, HollywoodReporter, 10 Aug. 2025
While a professional photographer delivers posed formal portraits meant to be framed for a lifetime—Gen-Z and Millennial brides, O’Connor and Bellamy figured, might want to view their wedding through a more off-the-cuff, lo-fi lens.
—Elise Taylor, Vogue, 5 Aug. 2025
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Lalee Ibssa, ABC News, 22 Aug. 2025
What’s more fascinating and impressive, is the fact that Queens of the Stone Age’s 2-hour set was a raw and off-the-cuff show.
—Quentin Thane Singer, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2025
That film wasn’t necessarily a crowd-pleaser, but its scathing depiction of Romania’s widening class divide made for an intriguing minimalist feature that felt both off-the-cuff and relevant.
—Jordan Mintzer, HollywoodReporter, 10 Aug. 2025
While a professional photographer delivers posed formal portraits meant to be framed for a lifetime—Gen-Z and Millennial brides, O’Connor and Bellamy figured, might want to view their wedding through a more off-the-cuff, lo-fi lens.
—Elise Taylor, Vogue, 5 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for off-the-cuff
Adjective
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Christmas Eve is her favorite day of the year, but she’s just been informed that her adult children won’t be coming over tonight because her ex-husband has decided to throw an impromptu wedding reception after his impromptu courthouse wedding with his second wife.—
Christian Zilko,
IndieWire,
4 Sep. 2025
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No longer do white picket fences divide neighbors and security gates enclose neighborhoods, but walking trails zig zag throughout the homes with lush landscaping to give access to impromptu social intersections alongside nature.—
Jennifer Castenson,
Forbes.com,
28 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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Ohs has described his method as collaborative and as calculatedly improvisational, a mix of composition in advance and real-time discovery.—
Richard Brody,
New Yorker,
4 Sep. 2025
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But the Grateful Dead were an improvisational band.—
Stephanie Nolasco,
FOXNews.com,
30 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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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
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But this shift was not an improvised experiment.—
Martín Toro,
Rolling Stone,
21 Aug. 2025
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“Off-the-cuff.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/off-the-cuff. Accessed 8 Sep. 2025.
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