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extemporaneous

[ik-stem-puh-rey-nee-uhs] / ɪkˌstɛm pəˈreɪ ni əs /


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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

Hochul, a Democrat, made the extemporaneous comment Monday while being interviewed at a large business conference in California to discuss expanding economic opportunities in artificial intelligence for low-income communities.

From Seattle Times • May 7, 2024

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

From Salon • Feb. 29, 2024

It is true that she often burdens her sentences with more dependent clauses than they can bear, and verbatim transcripts of her extemporaneous remarks can sometimes be hard to follow.

From Washington Post • Apr. 27, 2023

Darley and Batson met with a group of seminarians, individually, and asked each one to prepare a short, extemporaneous talk on a given biblical theme, then walk over to a nearby building to present it.

From "The Tipping Point" by Malcolm Gladwell




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