ad-lib
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Williams was elusive and made some great ad-lib plays down the stretch, and they dominated possession, but allowing big plays cost them dearly.
From BBC • Dec. 8, 2025
Payne could virtuosically ad-lib live through the bridge of “Summer Love” or hit piercing high notes on a cover of Michael Jackson’s “The Way You Make Me Feel.”
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 1, 2024
Whether this comment is a favored ad-lib or something his speechwriters cooked up, it needs to go, immediately.
From Slate • Feb. 9, 2024
It’s hard to discern what is happening in the ad-lib cacophony of dialogue.
From Seattle Times • Nov. 29, 2023
Kids wouldn’t move to the right places during rehearsals, or would ad-lib wisecracks, which Mrs. Finley didn’t think at all funny.
From "Bad Boy" by Walter Dean Myers
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Reading: Literature - Drama - Introductory
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Theater - Introductory
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Reading: Literature - Drama - Middle School
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