brief

For a brief period, the energy being released reached roughly 400 billion times the output of Earth's Sun, surpassing even the most powerful supernovae known to astronomers.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 16, 2026

However, within hours Cambridge's top administrator, Vice-Chancellor Deborah Prentice, confirmed his death with a brief statement that said the prestigious British institution was "desperately saddened" by the "tragic news".

From Barron's ● Aug. 15, 2026

It can analyze years of a patient’s history and flag risks in a way a physician can’t during a brief visit.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026

For every actor, musician, writer and artist who has become a wealthy and enduring celebrity, exponentially more of them have enjoyed a brief, shining moment, never to be heard of again.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 14, 2026

She and Beowulf acted out a brief swordfight in which they both met gruesome ends, much like the conclusion of Hamlet.

From "The Long-Lost Home" by Maryrose Wood

“I believe a plainer worry sits beneath the briefs and the news releases ... The issue is whether I can be trusted as a steward of Warner’s CNN,” Ellison wrote.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 4, 2026

Federal judges have found that the government filed statements generated by artificial intelligence that referenced nonexistent case law, wrote briefs that ignored facts and filed declarations with inaccurate dates, the ProPublica review shows.

From Salon ● Jul. 30, 2026

He briefs reporters and does television interviews, but few people would recognize him on the streets of most cities in America.

From Slate ● Jul. 22, 2026

He is expected to continue shepherding some of those briefs, though now without Kendall's leadership.

From BBC ● Jul. 21, 2026

He wasn’t in his undershirt and briefs, the comforter pulled to his chin.

From "The Book of Unknown Americans" by Cristina Henríquez

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

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

Three years afterward the world is in a slightly better mood, and the time difference between New York and Paris is much briefer.

From Salon ● Aug. 9, 2024

His answer was briefer than I had expected.

From BBC ● Oct. 21, 2023

Today, our jet planes have made even the longest intercontinental flights briefer than the duration of any human infectious disease.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond

In his memoir, “Young Man in a Hurry: A Memoir of Discovery,” published this year, Newsom acknowledges the liaison with Rippey, describing it as “the briefest of affairs.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 28, 2026

Journalists crowd together in the hope of hearing from him, microphones are thrust into the air and camera operators stretch above the crowd for the briefest glimpse of the game's biggest star.

From BBC ● Jul. 4, 2026

Series creator Christopher Storer conveys this in the briefest, tightest shots of hands lovingly plating food, as well as in panoramic views of the series as a whole.

From Salon ● Jun. 28, 2026

The briefest of handshakes followed before Littler marched off.

From BBC ● Apr. 2, 2026

The briefest fantasy: Mabel appears at the doorway, catches sight of me.

From "We Are Okay" by Nina LaCour

The person actually leaving, of course, is White House “pep secretary” Karoline Leavitt, who returned from paid maternity leave about a month ago and has only briefed the press corps twice since returning.

From Salon ● Aug. 14, 2026

Grynspan, the former vice-president of Costa Rica and head of the UN Conference on Trade and Development, was followed by former Guyanese foreign minister Carolyn Rodrigues-Birkett, according to two diplomatic sources briefed on the results.

From Barron's ● Jul. 30, 2026

Dobrindt said Germany's threat level would be raised following the attack, while other states were also being briefed about the attack and advised to review their security measures for major events.

From BBC ● Jul. 26, 2026

Dozens of legislators, staff and agency personnel have already been briefed on the latest research, and Boerner said she’s putting together a working group.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 14, 2026

As was always the case, we were briefed on the protocol ahead of time: We’d greet the royals formally before getting into their vehicle to make the short drive.

From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama

“For these companies, this is a real point of reckoning,” attorney Laura Marquez-Garrett of the Social Media Victims Law Center said during a press briefing Friday.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 16, 2026

But the complex job goes beyond the briefing room podium to include managing contentious relationships with the press, coordinating with other parts of the White House, and providing media advice to the president.

From BBC ● Aug. 13, 2026

"I appreciate everybody who came out and celebrated and, you know, had fun with us," the Kansas City Chiefs player told a briefing.

From Barron's ● Aug. 12, 2026

Chait, in a late July news briefing, called the county concerns “reasonable asks.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 11, 2026

“The usual jesting that takes place before a briefing was missing,” reported William Laurence, who’d come to Tinian to witness the event.

From "Bomb" by Steve Sheinkin