extemporaneous
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There were times when his unplanned, extemporaneous delivery would cause frustration.
From Salon • Feb. 29, 2024
Although he set the text aside, his deviation was not extemporaneous in the truest since of the word.
From Seattle Times • Aug. 22, 2023
Pro wrestling historically has used an extemporaneous presentation while WWE turned to scripts telling wrestlers how to act and speak rather than having flexibility to craft individualized characters.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 29, 2023
The concept has a history stretching back to at least the First Great Awakening in 18th-century New England, when crowds of newly fervent Protestants gathered to hear vivid extemporaneous sermons by pastors like Jonathan Edwards.
From New York Times • Feb. 23, 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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