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Gemini 2.5 Pro, released in March 2025, and Gemini 3.0 Pro, released in November 2025, enjoyed brief stints at the frontier until Anthropic’s Claude models usurped them, Schwarz said.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 15, 2026

"We are desperately saddened to hear this tragic news," Cambridge University's top administrator, Vice-Chancellor Deborah Prentice, said in a brief statement.

From Barron's ● Aug. 14, 2026

In a brief preface Mr. Hoffman has also told us about wrens colonizing an abandoned swallows’ nest above the door of the house he shares with his wife, Julia.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026

After a brief interrogation, and contrary to Dan’s previous claims, Bill admitted involvement with the superstore.

From Slate ● Aug. 14, 2026

For a brief moment, Duane experienced absolute silence, which was peaceful but also dreadful, because that was the moment that he and the toboggan, so far above the ground below, finally stopped.

From "The Very, Very Far North" by Dan Bar-el

A self-described "proper working-class" woman, Rayner rose quickly in Westminster, taking up the women and equalities and education briefs in the shadow cabinet of former Labour leader, Jeremy Corbyn.

From BBC ● Jul. 21, 2026

That’s why legal briefs in the case are riddled with citations to an obscure 1915 book by a Boston lawyer named Josiah Henry Benton, who argued that historians had overlooked the practice.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 10, 2026

A pair of Orange County immigration attorneys received temporary suspensions after the court discovered they used generative AI to write briefs that included “multiple nonexistent cases, misattributed quotations, and gross misrepresentations.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 4, 2026

They were core to the argument that Brock’s lawyers pressed, and were set out in detail in amicus briefs, including one that the Constitutional Accountability Center filed in support of Brock.

From Slate ● Jun. 3, 2026

My mother has been replaced by Charlie, who is twirling a pair of white briefs above his head.

From "Please Ignore Vera Dietz" by A.S. King

Those uprisings, later coined the Arab Spring, succeeded in bringing about a short democratic sojourn in Tunisia and a much briefer one in Egypt, but they also unleashed unrest.

From Barron's ● Apr. 10, 2026

Speaking to Today, McEwan contrasted the contemplative letters of the past - from the likes of Napolean and Darwin - with today's briefer emails, which may miss deeper personal insights.

From BBC ● Sep. 8, 2025

If my husband and I were fine spinning the wheel of chance, our search would have been much briefer.

From Salon ● Dec. 6, 2024

He harbored similar hopes for last November’s much briefer cease-fire, to no avail.

From Slate ● Mar. 6, 2024

Today, our jet planes have made even the longest intercontinental flights briefer than the duration of any human infectious disease.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond

Series creator Christopher Storer conveys this in the briefest, tightest shots of hands lovingly plating food, as well as in panoramic views of the series as a whole.

From Salon ● Jun. 28, 2026

Brandin Podziemski, who scored 19 points in the first half, stole the briefest sliver of momentum by making a running half-court shot to end the second quarter.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 4, 2025

It is the second-shortest book to win the prize, and covers the briefest timeframe of any book on the shortlist.

From BBC ● Nov. 12, 2024

She has made only the briefest appearances in his legal dramas.

From BBC ● May 31, 2024

For the briefest of moments, Chas Becker and I were of like mind.

From "Winger" by Andrew Smith

The person actually leaving, of course, is White House “pep secretary” Karoline Leavitt, who returned from paid maternity leave about a month ago and has only briefed the press corps twice since returning.

From Salon ● Aug. 14, 2026

Dobrindt said Germany's threat level would be raised following the attack, while other states were also being briefed about the attack and advised to review their security measures for major events.

From BBC ● Jul. 26, 2026

Plans to escalate the campaign have been shelved in part because of those shrinking supplies, The New York Times reported, citing two people briefed on the matter.

From Barron's ● Jul. 26, 2026

Dozens of legislators, staff and agency personnel have already been briefed on the latest research, and Boerner said she’s putting together a working group.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 14, 2026

I was briefed from time to time by the Secret Service on the more serious threats that came in and understood that there were people capable of being stirred.

From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama

In 2019, China’s then-premier, Li Keqiang, visited the site and got a briefing from Chen on Hengli’s future plans.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 16, 2026

But the complex job goes beyond the briefing room podium to include managing contentious relationships with the press, coordinating with other parts of the White House, and providing media advice to the president.

From BBC ● Aug. 13, 2026

"I appreciate everybody who came out and celebrated and, you know, had fun with us," the Kansas City Chiefs player told a briefing.

From Barron's ● Aug. 12, 2026

Chait, in a late July news briefing, called the county concerns “reasonable asks.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 11, 2026

“Did all the pilots get the word about the briefing today, Sergeant?” the C.O. asked.

From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy