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improvisation

[im-prov-uh-zey-shuhn, im-pruh-vuh-] / ɪmˌprɒv əˈzeɪ ʃən, ˌɪm prə və- /


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Then things happen and it feels like there is a lot of improvisation and performance.

From Barron's • Apr. 12, 2026

When movement finally began, it resembled not so much order as managed improvisation.

From Slate • Mar. 26, 2026

Against that backdrop, the use of charged historical analogies can feel less like explanation and more like improvisation.

From Salon • Mar. 21, 2026

The pair would go on to record a total of 14 albums through 1973, with Lavoe’s talents for improvisation complementing Colón’s raw, aggressive trombone.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 21, 2026

Nonetheless, visitors to Andean history note certain ways of doing things that recur in ways striking to the outsider, sometimes in one variant, sometimes in another, like the themes in a jazz improvisation.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann




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