brief
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Megan Brief, a digital marketing coordinator for Natural Habitat Adventures, an ecotourism company, had just returned from Svalbard, a far-flung Norwegian archipelago teeming with polar bears and walruses.
From Los Angeles Times • May 2, 2026
These days, I teach a graduate-level class at American University and recently mentioned the famous August 2001 President’s Daily Brief titled “Bin Ladin Determined to Strike in US.”
From Slate • Apr. 21, 2026
Brief scenes, written mostly in summary, describe the few, unhappy interactions that Josie has with Martin across the decades as he cycles through more marriages.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 26, 2026
Andrew Gimson, author of "Gimson's Heroes: Brief Lives from Boudicca to Churchill", told 5 Live he was not surprised that Johnson was top of the pots.
From BBC • Mar. 20, 2026
My favorite book is A Brief History of Time, even though I haven’t actually finished it, because the math is incredibly hard and Mom isn’t good at helping me.
From "Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close" by Jonathan Safran Foer
Vocabulary lists containing brief
Jim Burke's Academic Vocabulary List
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"All Summer in a Day" by Ray Bradbury
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"Romeo and Juliet" by William Shakespeare, Act V
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