extemporaneous
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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
Pro wrestling historically has used an extemporaneous presentation while WWE turned to scripts telling wrestlers how to act and speak rather than having flexibility to craft individualized characters.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 29, 2023
Airtime that typically would have gone to talking heads is simply replaced by more live action, so Greenberg has essentially orchestrated a two-hour-long extemporaneous podcast by night’s end.
From Washington Post • Dec. 9, 2022
As soon as classes ended in the spring of 1989, Chris took his Datsun on another prolonged, extemporaneous road trip.
From "Into the Wild" by Jon Krakauer
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