improvised

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Keith Jarrett improvised his celebrated 1975 live album, “The Köln Concert,” on a defective piano.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 13, 2026

And because I had already used my good stock earlier in the week for pastina, I improvised with bouillon cubes dissolved in hot water and zhushed up with a little white miso and garlic powder.

From Salon • May 12, 2026

His costumes were carefully assembled and sometimes improvised.

From BBC • Apr. 4, 2026

These solutions were often tactical workarounds designed to patch critical issues in an improvised way.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 4, 2026

Right: Astronauts studying the rock formations in Meteor Crater, Arizona Charlie Bassett and I standing by our improvised desert home Two views of the “Wheel.”

From "Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story" by Michael Collins