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  • present tense form of brief (3rd person singular).
  • plural of brief.
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briefs







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The briefs - many still heavily redacted - were created during both the Clinton and Bush administrations.

From BBC Sep. 11, 2026

“I get regular intelligence briefs about Iran and China all the time, and then this hits, and it’s like, ‘Whoa, OK.’”

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 8, 2026

Over the last year, the Labor Department has filed amicus briefs — friend-of-the-court filings that lay out legal arguments for judges — in several class-action lawsuits on the side of the defendant company.

From Salon Jul. 9, 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

He paused and then said he wanted the parties to submit written briefs arguing what ruling he should make.

From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson




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