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







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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

The briefs walked through the same FAA-era dictionaries the court ultimately relied on.

From Slate • Jun. 3, 2026

The Supreme Court agreed without explanation to block the appeals court ruling until at least May 11 while the parties file legal briefs.

From Barron's • May 4, 2026

They generally have the luxury of hearing the parties’ arguments at length and on their own timeline—with months if not years to review evidence and briefs and consider motions.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 26, 2026

Crook briefs Parker on the day’s events, then explains that the presidential carriage will be stopping at Fourteenth and H Streets to pick up Major Rathbone and Miss Harris.

From "Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever" by Bill O'Reilly




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