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ad-lib

[ad lib, ad] / æd ˈlɪb, ˈæd /






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I could ad lib those two scenes with the boys when I wake them up.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 29, 2024

Sure enough, after three months, the mice who ate ad lib were stricken with obesity, diabetes, liver disease, and a host of other ugly conditions.

From Salon • Oct. 9, 2022

There are conflicting stories about when the ad lib started.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 19, 2021

“This isn’t the PM going off ad lib or a frolic of his own,” he said, adding that it was clear government policy.

From The Guardian • Oct. 4, 2019

Dad had a good sense of theater, and he’d try to time this apparent ad lib so that it would coincide with the change in traffic.

From "Cheaper by the Dozen" by Frank B. Gilbreth Jr. and Ernestine Gilbreth Carey




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