extemporaneous

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No one else will experience that extemporaneous moment like the woman in that particular seat.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 22, 2026

Like most of his comedy, the opening riff was extemporaneous.

From Salon • Feb. 29, 2024

The evening’s first big group-sing came during “POF,” the opening cut from Lennox’s second and most recent album, “Age/Sex/Location,” during which she made the precision of her phrasing feel extemporaneous, like conversation.

From Washington Post • Mar. 30, 2023

One former speechwriter said this phase is an exercise in trying to capture Mr. Biden’s extemporaneous thoughts and put them down on the page.

From New York Times • Feb. 6, 2023

Speros’s extemporaneous opening act was to decide which figures from popular culture we looked like: DiPaola was Bart Simpson, Chavez was Zorro, Dimmie was a soul singer from the 1970s.

From "Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing" by Ted Conover