extemporaneous
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After the song, Nicks stuck around to deliver an apparently extemporaneous tribute to Rodrigo’s artistry and activism that seemed to push the younger singer close to tears.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 30, 2026
Like most of his comedy, the opening riff was extemporaneous.
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
The evening’s first big group-sing came during “POF,” the opening cut from Lennox’s second and most recent album, “Age/Sex/Location,” during which she made the precision of her phrasing feel extemporaneous, like conversation.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 30, 2023
Speros’s extemporaneous opening act was to decide which figures from popular culture we looked like: DiPaola was Bart Simpson, Chavez was Zorro, Dimmie was a soul singer from the 1970s.
From "Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing" by Ted Conover
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