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Watch the export miracle turn into a pumpkin or improvise.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 27, 2026

The scale of the disaster has overwhelmed local services, forcing institutions to improvise.

From BBC ● Jul. 3, 2026

Celenza says that “the best, most resourceful” home cooks are the ones that are willing to improvise.

From Salon ● Jul. 2, 2026

So she was well outside of her comfort zone on this May afternoon when she had to improvise a pitch for a made-up, nonsensical product called a “hammer humidifier.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 4, 2026

He was a good blacksmith and carpenter and wood- carver, and he could improvise anything with bits of wood and metal.

From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck

But when Cole solos and improvises, it’s more often in single notes.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 1, 2026

An octet of guest artists improvises in certain passages embedded within the score but also plays written-out music with the rest of the orchestra.

From Seattle Times ● Feb. 21, 2024

‘Jane Austen Unscripted’ at the Garry Marshall Theatre Attention, “Bridgerton” fans: Impro Theatre improvises full-length Regency-era rom-coms in an outdoor setting in the company’s long-running hit show.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 8, 2023

She improvises with video calls, but knows other women have lost jobs because they cannot work effectively.

From Reuters ● Mar. 23, 2023

“Melvin was in the gifted-and-talented program at his old school,” my mom quickly improvises.

From "The Fourteenth Goldfish" by Jennifer L. Holm

One, who said he was aged 17, pointed out an improvised structure of bars and pallets where he and his friends had been sleeping.

From Barron's ● Aug. 1, 2026

The composer improvised his way through the initial stages of “Pray for a Storm,” his high-energy collaboration with famed drummer Stewart Copeland.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 28, 2026

"His captivated, always improvised narration made that show the platonic ideal of natural history for me, and introduced a whole generation to the fascination of birds."

From BBC ● Jul. 27, 2026

He said he did not see a handle and compared its appearance to an improvised prison shank.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 25, 2026

“The men you were drinking with,” I improvised.

From "Kindred" by Octavia Butler

Young men, some barefoot, dart around in the sand under the guidance of a volunteer coach improvising drills amid the shouts.

From Barron's ● Jun. 18, 2026

He liked to play loudly, for many hours at a time, improvising ceaseless and whipsawing sagas of frenetic melodies and emphatic blaring and screeching—it was a whole lot of sound.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 26, 2026

Greek yogurt is one of the few ingredients that has matched my energy in the kitchen: constantly improvising, making it work with what I got, and never letting things go to waste.

From Salon ● Apr. 28, 2026

Plaza knew Kevin’s neuroses fit Schwartzman but also that he could bring his own touches while improvising.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 20, 2026

For example, because improvising music is far more complex than imitating basic patterns, the latter is required in order to perform the former.

From "Music and the Child" by Natalie Sarrazin