brief
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I remember how alive and animated her face became during that brief connection.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 18, 2026
Because cities normally produce a constant level of ground shaking, even a brief slowdown becomes easy to detect.
From Science Daily • Apr. 18, 2026
With other moments, I can see a brief clip and I am taken right back to that time and place, and the memory is so vivid I can still feel it.
From BBC • Apr. 17, 2026
With the exception of brief calls to their families, the astronauts relied on their connections to each other and Mission Control to accomplish the program objectives.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 16, 2026
This time Wolf gave a brief snarl, then a whine, to show that he was a bit annoyed, but didn’t want to go too far and offend Torak.
From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver
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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