extemporaneous

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I would think that the magic of spontaneity and extemporaneous invention is something that the current bathing businesses hope for.

From Los Angeles Times • May 13, 2025

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

Darley and Batson met with a group of seminarians, individually, and asked each one to prepare a short, extemporaneous talk on a given biblical theme, then walk over to a nearby building to present it.

From "The Tipping Point" by Malcolm Gladwell