extemporaneous
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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
It is true that she often burdens her sentences with more dependent clauses than they can bear, and verbatim transcripts of her extemporaneous remarks can sometimes be hard to follow.
From Washington Post • Apr. 27, 2023
One former speechwriter said this phase is an exercise in trying to capture Mr. Biden’s extemporaneous thoughts and put them down on the page.
From New York Times • Feb. 6, 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
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