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
During his first administration, Trump regularly called Fox News hosts live on air to have impromptu, off-the-cuff interviews.
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Peter Aitken, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 May 2025
Leo spoke off-the-cuff in English in the Sistine Chapel to the cardinals who elected him to follow in the footsteps of Pope Francis, who put a commitment to social justice at the core of his papacy.
—Nicole Winfield, Chicago Tribune, 9 May 2025
Live videos, spontaneous interviews and off-the-cuff Q&As often resonate more than polished scripts.
—Brian Cattell, Forbes.com, 7 May 2025
Sometimes pep talks are informal and unplanned, while on other occasions they are carefully plotted and rehearsed, though the delivery of the pep talk is usually supposed to seem entirely off-the-cuff and directly from the heart.
—Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 29 Apr. 2025
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Peter Aitken, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 May 2025
Leo spoke off-the-cuff in English in the Sistine Chapel to the cardinals who elected him to follow in the footsteps of Pope Francis, who put a commitment to social justice at the core of his papacy.
—Nicole Winfield, Chicago Tribune, 9 May 2025
Live videos, spontaneous interviews and off-the-cuff Q&As often resonate more than polished scripts.
—Brian Cattell, Forbes.com, 7 May 2025
Sometimes pep talks are informal and unplanned, while on other occasions they are carefully plotted and rehearsed, though the delivery of the pep talk is usually supposed to seem entirely off-the-cuff and directly from the heart.
—Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 29 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for off-the-cuff
impromptu
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Near the end of the night, several students reportedly made an impromptu decision to swim in the river near Dartmouth's student docks.—
Corin Cesaric,
People.com,
18 May 2025
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Laxe revels in the beauty and imposing scale of the Sahara desert (where Sirat was filmed) with scenes of the cars rolling up steep mountains or getting lost in impromptu sand storms.—
Lovia Gyarkye,
HollywoodReporter,
15 May 2025
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“Off-the-cuff.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/off-the-cuff. Accessed 30 May. 2025.
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