improv
Example Sentences
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His teacher advised him to check out the renowned improv troupe Second City.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 25, 2026
“I cared about improv so much that I wasn’t not going to do my homework,” she says.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 10, 2026
Trust in science has plummeted—and Alan Alda thinks improv can turn the tide.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 10, 2026
It was part of an improv exercise aimed at helping scientists amp up their presentations.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 4, 2026
The algorithm is a rule that protects the doctors from being swamped with too much information—the same way that the rule of agreement protects improv actors when they get up onstage.
From "Blink" by Malcolm Gladwell
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