as in impromptu
something that is performed, made, or done without preparation
that comedy skit was a totally unrehearsed improvisation
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Recent Examples of improvisation
King’s greatest talent as an orator was improvisation.
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Julia Poe,
Chicago Tribune,
11 June 2026
Known for a unique approach to improvisation and his warm, husky voice, Ulmer settled into a niche of his own in the late Seventies and early Eighties.
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Kory Grow,
Rolling Stone,
9 June 2026
For decades, sanctions, shortages and limited imports forced Cuban mechanics to become masters of improvisation.
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ABC News,
8 June 2026
How to analyze a poetics of irreverence and improvisation—of life experienced in a perpetual present—without stifling precisely these qualities?
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Joe Dunthorne,
The New York Review of Books,
6 June 2026
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Julia Poe,
Chicago Tribune,
11 June 2026
Known for a unique approach to improvisation and his warm, husky voice, Ulmer settled into a niche of his own in the late Seventies and early Eighties.
—
Kory Grow,
Rolling Stone,
9 June 2026
For decades, sanctions, shortages and limited imports forced Cuban mechanics to become masters of improvisation.
—
ABC News,
8 June 2026
How to analyze a poetics of irreverence and improvisation—of life experienced in a perpetual present—without stifling precisely these qualities?
—
Joe Dunthorne,
The New York Review of Books,
6 June 2026
See All Example Sentences for improvisation
Recent Examples of Synonyms for improvisation
improv
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And Second City has employed limited improv and used audience suggestions as part of its core aesthetic.
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But play works more like improv.
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