concise

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But a more concise assessment occurs earlier: “Controversy was her oxygen.”

From The Wall Street Journal

Polizzotti, who has made a specialty of translating concise, compressed French novels by Patrick Modiano, Marguerite Duras and now Vuillard, thinks there is an essential disconnect between two different approaches of writing about history.

From New York Times

"He is highly demanding, he is direct, one of the things he hates most is wasting time. He wants people to be direct, concise, to the point, action-driven," they say.

From BBC

Ritholtz reduced them to several concise categories in his book, which came out just after the banking bailout.

From Los Angeles Times

Brennan: I admit, after reading your much more concise theory, that I have probably taken “Beau Is Afraid” not only too literally but also too seriously.

From Los Angeles Times