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
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
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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