improvise
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Watch the export miracle turn into a pumpkin or improvise.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 27, 2026
As producer he helps the children prepare for interviews and research their guests, but encourages them to improvise and follow the direction of an interview rather than sticking to a set script.
From BBC ● Jun. 30, 2026
It operates within a basic framework, but unlike more rigid European dances, it leaves room to improvise, innovate and take risks.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 15, 2026
The nationwide Canvas outage that disrupted colleges and universities during finals week forced campuses across the country to improvise as faculty and students suddenly lost access to exams, assignments, grades and other course materials.
From Salon ● May 9, 2026
Taylor can improvise harmonies, and I guess we're all warmed up from singing the Oliver! songs, because it just sounds really amazing.
From "Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda" by Becky Albertalli
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“But she’s not a scat singer. She improvises more in the technique of the Baroque period, expanding and contracting phrases or adding trills that deviate from the melody.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 11, 2026
TJ Lateef improvises and fires 45-yard TD pass to Tyler Hennessy.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 22, 2024
Performed in pairs, it is led by the first and most prominent pair which improvises various figures, such as raising joined hands to form bridges under which other dancers can pass.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 19, 2024
She improvises with video calls, but knows other women have lost jobs because they cannot work effectively.
From Reuters ● Mar. 23, 2023
Laura Keene improvises a line that refers to Lincoln, making the audience turn toward the side of the theater in order to witness his appearance.
From "Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever" by Bill O'Reilly
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A new study led by researchers at the University of Bologna suggests that the markings were far more organized than simple scratches or improvised decorations.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 9, 2026
Unlike in 1986, when many of the artifacts, especially the elephant tusks, decomposed after being exposed to the open air, Ran improvised a new system for the dig.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 8, 2026
One, who said he was aged 17, pointed out an improvised structure of bars and pallets where he and his friends had been sleeping.
From Barron's ● Aug. 1, 2026
He said he did not see a handle and compared its appearance to an improvised prison shank.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 25, 2026
He improvised an altar in the square and on Sunday he went through the town with a small bell, as in the days of insomnia, calling people to an open-air mass.
From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
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He liked to play loudly, for many hours at a time, improvising ceaseless and whipsawing sagas of frenetic melodies and emphatic blaring and screeching—it was a whole lot of sound.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 26, 2026
When director Robert Vince was filming "Air Bud Returns," he was impressed to see Roscoe, his four-legged star, improvising concern in a scene where two humans burst into tears.
From Barron's ● May 10, 2026
Greek yogurt is one of the few ingredients that has matched my energy in the kitchen: constantly improvising, making it work with what I got, and never letting things go to waste.
From Salon ● Apr. 28, 2026
Elite teams managed by him maintain an ideal combination of intelligence within structure, and he has players capable of improvising solutions when patterns break down.
From BBC ● Apr. 17, 2026
Matthias pranced comically about, improvising a song as he went:
From "Redwall" by Brian Jacques
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