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improvisation

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


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There are song-like arcs but also an undisturbed flow of improvisation.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 4, 2026

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

From Slate • Mar. 26, 2026

With so much left to chance and improvisation, “every day, it could fall apart,” Eisenberg said.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 20, 2026

But if your brain operates more like mine — prone to a certain kind of domestic improvisation — it can help to take one extra pass and translate each zone into actual tasks.

From Salon • Mar. 19, 2026

One Saturday evening not long ago, an improvisation comedy group called Mother took the stage in a small theater in the basement of a supermarket on Manhattan’s West Side.

From "Blink" by Malcolm Gladwell