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Recent Examples of unscripted
To illustrate the point, the star recalls an unscripted scene that director and co-showrunner Max Winkler came up with towards the end of the show's shoot.
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Lauren Huff, Entertainment Weekly, 21 Dec. 2025
For the streamer, Storm led virtual production initiatives across series, films, unscripted and special projects, and at DreamWorks, the executive oversaw production technology in feature animation, as well as interactive and emerging media for the studio’s franchises.
—Payton Turkeltaub, Variety, 9 Dec. 2025
While Bravo reigns supreme with reality television, Netflix has been building up its unscripted series for about five years and has had a few hit reality shows, like Selling Sunset and Love is Blind.
—Jenni Fink, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Dec. 2025
Now, after placing the home on the rental market at $125,000 a month, she’s decided to put the lavish aerie that appeared in her unscripted Netflix series My Unorthodox Life on the market.
—Wendy Bowman, Robb Report, 20 Nov. 2025
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Lauren Huff, Entertainment Weekly, 21 Dec. 2025
For the streamer, Storm led virtual production initiatives across series, films, unscripted and special projects, and at DreamWorks, the executive oversaw production technology in feature animation, as well as interactive and emerging media for the studio’s franchises.
—Payton Turkeltaub, Variety, 9 Dec. 2025
While Bravo reigns supreme with reality television, Netflix has been building up its unscripted series for about five years and has had a few hit reality shows, like Selling Sunset and Love is Blind.
—Jenni Fink, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Dec. 2025
Now, after placing the home on the rental market at $125,000 a month, she’s decided to put the lavish aerie that appeared in her unscripted Netflix series My Unorthodox Life on the market.
—Wendy Bowman, Robb Report, 20 Nov. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unscripted
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Funnily enough, Alexis can’t tell you what those unforced, unrehearsed words were.—
Victoria Uwumarogie,
Essence,
12 Dec. 2025
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Sponsors who gathered in New York this week for the U.S. Soccer Summit seemed to treat Trump’s threats to deny Boston’s host-city status as so much political theater, with one company rep suggesting that a few unrehearsed remarks shouldn’t be confused with an official White House decree.—
Anthony Crupi,
Sportico.com,
5 Dec. 2025
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The next morning, Kirschenheiter and Mullen had an impromptu photo shoot to commemorate their engagement.—
Ashlyn Robinette,
PEOPLE,
14 Jan. 2026
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Guests conducted impromptu interviews, cracked inside jokes, and left messages that felt far more personal than anything staged.—
Sara Radin,
Vogue,
13 Jan. 2026
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The participants who fare best seem to be familiar with the conventions of interscholastic debate, spouting off statistics and logic puzzles with the alacrity of an extemporaneous-speaking champion.—
Brady Brickner-Wood,
New Yorker,
8 Aug. 2025
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As protesters dispersed, some started an extemporaneous cumbia dance party in a nearby park.—
Alex Driggars,
Austin American Statesman,
8 July 2025
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Black Midi were known for their wild live shows, improvisational but generally aggressive riffs and devil-may-care attitude.—
Joseph Wilkinson,
New York Daily News,
12 Jan. 2026
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The group’s improvisational performances, relentless touring and fiercely loyal fan base — the Deadheads — transformed live music into a cultural movement.—
Jane Tyska,
Mercury News,
12 Jan. 2026
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Advances in facial robotics are moving beyond preprogrammed animations toward dynamic, spontaneous expressions, enabling robots to better communicate, build rapport, and integrate into human social environments.—
Jijo Malayil,
Interesting Engineering,
15 Jan. 2026
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Compared to the spontaneous, high-spirited, and witty heroines of Pride and Prejudice, Sense and Sensibility, and Emma, Fanny Price is a prig.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
14 Jan. 2026
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Davis is a master of jazz, improvised music and both traditional and contemporary classical traditions.—
George Varga,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
11 Jan. 2026
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Mochrie then performs an improvised comedy act with the semi-conscious volunteers.—
Ryan Coleman,
Entertainment Weekly,
4 Jan. 2026
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But retail industry and health policy experts said state SNAP programs, already under pressure from steep budget cuts, are unprepared for the complex changes, with no complete lists of the foods affected and technical point-of-sale challenges that vary by state and store.—
Jonel Aleccia,
Los Angeles Times,
2 Jan. 2026
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But retail industry and health policy experts said state SNAP programs, already under pressure from steep budget cuts, are unprepared for the complex changes, with no complete lists of the foods affected and technical point-of-sale challenges that vary by state and store.—
Jonel Aleccia,
Fortune,
31 Dec. 2025
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Authorities say Spikes-Hopkins and William didn’t know each other and had a spur-of-the-moment confrontation just before the shooting.—
Nate Gartrell,
Mercury News,
13 Jan. 2026
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And that was several weeks before Johnson pulled his shirt off after a statement 24-15 Black Friday victory over the Eagles, some spur-of-the-moment rambunctiousness that activated a free hot dog promotion at The Wiener’s Circle in Chicago.—
Dan Wiederer,
New York Times,
7 Jan. 2026
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“Unscripted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unscripted. Accessed 17 Jan. 2026.
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