briefer
Example Sentences
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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
He said he was confident the prime minister would want to find who the anonymous briefer was and "get rid of them if he can find out".
From BBC ● Nov. 13, 2025
Vaill could have made Pride and Pleasure a briefer book if she had chosen to constrict the male narrative and focus on the sisters alone.
From Slate ● Oct. 21, 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
Gollum in his own way, and with much more excuse as his acquaintance was much briefer, may have made a similar mistake, confusing kindness and blindness.
From "The Two Towers" by J. R. R. Tolkien
