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impromptu

[im-promp-too, -tyoo] / ɪmˈprɒmp tu, -tju /




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At many companies, workers start whispering about possible cuts as soon as they spot leaders in impromptu huddles.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 4, 2026

The lack of conflict that might have been created on a conventional news channel renders his impromptu network interminably boring.

From Salon ● Sep. 27, 2026

In August 2025, he played an impromptu gig at a small pub in West Yorkshire, and in June 2022, he performed a song at a pub near Bath for a couple about to get married.

From BBC ● Sep. 21, 2026

At an impromptu press conference last week, US President Donald Trump waxed lyrical about his helipad, his ballroom and his granite paving stones.

From Barron's ● Aug. 25, 2026

Then, impromptu, he reached out and stroked the nose of Cinnamon, who was perched on Stargirl’s shoulder.

From "Stargirl" by Jerry Spinelli

For the first half, he joined three otherworldly impromptus — Drei Klavierstücke, Opus 946 — written in Schubert’s last months with the Third Sonata by the neglected Soviet composer Dmitri Kabalevsky.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 29, 2025

For the occasion Mr. Lubimov looked at the forward end of the fortepiano repertory, beginning and ending with late Beethoven sonatas and offering a Glinka rarity and a pair of Schubert impromptus between them.

From New York Times ● Mar. 28, 2012

Chopin's four impromptus, often dismissed as salon pieces and rarely played as a group, completed an uncommonly interesting programme.

From The Guardian ● Dec. 3, 2010

Mr. Kissin performs four polonaises and four impromptus with his customary crystalline technique, singing tone and generous rubato.

From New York Times ● May 27, 2010

By his inexhaustible humour, and the point and appositeness of his impromptus, he quite carried his audience away.

From Weird Tales. Vol. I by E. T. A. (Ernst Theodor Amadeus) Hoffmann


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