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improvisation

[im-prov-uh-zey-shuhn, im-pruh-vuh-] / ɪmˌprɒv əˈzeɪ ʃən, ˌɪm prə və- /


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He well understood the city’s brightness, harshness, improvisation and fractured essence.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 18, 2026

Cruise trips are largely fixed months in advance so there’s little room for improvisation.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 12, 2026

Nearby, an 80-year-old woman named Chunubadi sat beside a repaired table fan held together with string and improvisation.

From BBC Jun. 1, 2026

Saturday is more of a project — windows open, music on, a little more improvisation.

From Salon Apr. 26, 2026

The idea is improvisation: the foil containers that come from salad bars can be reused as dishes; the lone plate becomes a cutting board.

From "Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America" by Barbara Ehrenreich

Listen closely through the web of startling improvisations on Mr. Sorey’s version of “Effi,” and you can hear Mr. Allen playing traces of Merritt’s alluring bass grooves from the original.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 22, 2026

His contrapuntal beats lend context to tenor saxophonist Billy Pierce’s abstract improvisations; his laid-back rim shots ground pianist Johnny O’Neal’s lyrical lines.

From The Wall Street Journal Dec. 15, 2025

Slattery was known and loved for his quick-witted improvisations on the popular Channel 4 show Whose Line Is It Anyway?, from 1988 onwards.

From BBC Jan. 14, 2025

Perttu Kesäniemi and Mikko Ojanen recorded the artists' vocal and instrumental improvisations at the University of Helsinki Music Research Laboratory, and digitally added the acoustics of selected sites to them.

From Science Daily Nov. 25, 2024

Then slowly build up from shorter 4-beat improvisations to 8-beat ones.

From "Music and the Child" by Natalie Sarrazin




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