terseness
Example Sentences
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The terseness is the message: Beijing no longer feels obliged to pretend it is weighing the costs.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 5, 2026
“Hesitant about what? I guess I’m frightened now that I realize how truly cowardly most people are,” singer-lyricist Oldham replies with a certain terseness.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 14, 2021
Exercising the latter can run the gamut from polite but telling terseness, to slow responses that telegraph the conversation is not going anywhere, to not saying anything at all when contacted.
From Slate ● Nov. 16, 2020
Writing like this, dense and layered, is the opposite of traditional English terseness and understatement.
From The New Yorker ● Nov. 5, 2018
His first line of defense was frowning terseness.
From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand
