improvisational
Americanadjective
Example Sentences
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The guest list was as eclectic as the format: fellow stand-ups, YouTubers, chess players and assorted internet personalities, each drawn into Raina's loose, improvisational orbit.
From BBC • Apr. 10, 2026
It was improvisational and had the effect on residents of releasing “gifts and capacities that had until then remained dormant.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 4, 2026
Later work in Christopher Guest’s mockumentaries capitalized on her improvisational flexibility, including in 1996’s “Waiting for Guffman,” 2003’s “A Mighty Wind,” and 2006’s “For Your Consideration,” in addition to 2000’s “Best in Show.”
From Salon • Jan. 30, 2026
With its trademark improvisational, genre-blending style, the band became known for never performing the same show twice, winning an avid and diverse legion of fans, and selling millions of records.
From Barron's • Jan. 11, 2026
Compared with my own lockstep march toward success, the direct arrow shot of my trajectory from Princeton to Harvard to my desk on the forty-seventh floor, Barack’s path was an improvisational zigzag through disparate worlds.
From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama
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