briefness

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The briefness of the January burn was attributed to the hydraulic system associated with one of the engines; that system apparently exceeded conservatively preset limits in one parameter, triggering a shutdown, investigators determined.

From Scientific American • Mar. 19, 2021

I sat down in late 2015/early 2016 to begin Autumn, a novel whose title already meant that the Keatsian bright briefness of life would be a core element of its atmosphere.

From The Guardian • Oct. 14, 2017

Perhaps the briefness of the elf’s presence—most parents bring it out sometime after Thanksgiving—keeps it from conditioning children to tolerate, even expect, constant surveillance.

From Slate • Dec. 14, 2011

Around the English game – or among English commentators – there were more subtle ruminations about Flintoff's commercial obsessions, his political power in the dressing room and the briefness of his glory years.

From The Guardian • Sep. 18, 2010

Heber inculcates the same lesson as that in the stanzas of Michael Bruce before noted, with added emphasis for the young on the briefness of time and opportunity even for them.

From The Story of the Hymns and Tunes by Brown, Theron