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  • past tense form of brief.
  • past participle of brief.
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briefed



ADJECTIVE
instructed
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The Sussex team had sight of it about an hour before it was made public, according to one person briefed on the matter.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 8, 2026

The FBI briefed the Met officers to question Bayoumi about the other high-priority exhibits, but the detectives in the custody suite were never given, or briefed about, the plane diagram.

From BBC ● Sep. 7, 2026

According to people briefed on that discussion, Ratcliffe discouraged Russian escalation, warned about the growing difficulties Moscow is encountering on the front line and pushed for a restart to the long-stalled peace process.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 6, 2026

Dozens of officers involved were briefed at a nearby police station before joining a convoy to Daniel's home.

From BBC ● Aug. 26, 2026

Tou can assure Father I'm very well briefed indeed.

From "The Remains of the Day" by Kazuo Ishiguro




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