extemporaneous
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The duo continued laughing before politely declining the crowd’s clamors for an extemporaneous duet.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 5, 2025
Hochul, a Democrat, made the extemporaneous comment Monday while being interviewed at a large business conference in California to discuss expanding economic opportunities in artificial intelligence for low-income communities.
From Seattle Times ● May 7, 2024
Like most of his comedy, the opening riff was extemporaneous.
From Salon ● Feb. 29, 2024
By any definition, a revival is characterized by spontaneous long-lasting episodes of collective worship: extemporaneous prayer, stirring music and rousing preaching.
From New York Times ● Feb. 23, 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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