improvise
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The nationwide Canvas outage that disrupted colleges and universities during finals week forced campuses across the country to improvise as faculty and students suddenly lost access to exams, assignments, grades and other course materials.
From Salon • May 9, 2026
Smartphones are not meant to be out in UK classrooms either, but with no national rules on where they should be the rest of the day, schools and teachers are left to improvise.
From BBC • Mar. 25, 2026
In war-devastated Gaza, where construction materials are scarce, Ayub had to improvise to build his small training facility.
From Barron's • Feb. 10, 2026
A shortage of massive holiday lawn ornaments at Home Depot is forcing would-be Clark Griswolds to improvise.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 6, 2025
A colonel came down the beach with his entourage, exhorting the noncoms and junior officers to re-form and improvise squads.
From "Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel" by David Guterson
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