improvise
verb (used with object)
to compose and perform or deliver without previous preparation; extemporize.
are improvising
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present progressiveof improvise.present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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Their use shows how lessons from the war in Ukraine are reverberating on distant fronts such as Pakistan, where security forces are improvising new defences against Islamist insurgents armed with the cheap, easily obtainable devices.
From Barron's ● Sep. 9, 2026
"What we do isn't jazz as such, but we are improvising and that's very jazz-like," said Davis, who now lives just the other side of the Severn Bridge.
From BBC ● Aug. 9, 2024
In the meantime, automakers are improvising to try to minimize the damage.
From New York Times ● Apr. 23, 2021
But given that health care workers are improvising personal protective equipment, it seems like they could still use a slightly different version of an actual N95, rather than a surgical mask or something else.
From Slate ● Apr. 14, 2020
"They are improvising with each other in the same ways as classic jazz bands like Coltrane and Miles Davis. They are masters of what they do."
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 20, 2014
