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brevity

[brev-i-tee] / ˈbrɛv ɪ ti /


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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

Responses may be lightly edited for clarity and brevity.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 5, 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

The motif had been a popular one in earlier Dutch genre scenes, where bubbles symbolized life’s brevity and, hence, the vanity of all earthly things.

From "History of Art, Volume 1" by H.W. Janson




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