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extemporaneous

[ik-stem-puh-rey-nee-uhs] / ɪkˌstɛm pəˈreɪ ni əs /


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No one else will experience that extemporaneous moment like the woman in that particular seat.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 22, 2026

There were times when his unplanned, extemporaneous delivery would cause frustration.

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

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

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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