brevity
Example Sentences
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I think about the brevity of that difficulty today, as I listen to parents struggling with deeply feeling kids and water-spilling 2-year-olds.
From Slate • May 10, 2026
The conversation has been edited for clarity and brevity:
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 10, 2026
Yet the brevity of this pre-election period "will likely not have much of an effect", said Michael Cucek, assistant professor of Asian Studies at Temple University's Japan Campus.
From Barron's • Jan. 27, 2026
To Rangers, the brevity of Rohl's managerial career would represent a monumental gamble - and after Martin, the new Ibrox board probably thought they were done with monumental gambles.
From BBC • Oct. 12, 2025
Not one of the three, I might well add, showed any noticeably soaring talent for brevity of detail or compression of incident.
From "Franny and Zooey" by J. D. Salinger
Vocabulary lists containing brevity
Grade 11, List 1
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The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark
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100 SAT Words Beginning with "B"
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