impromptu
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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
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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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