curt
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Wall Street is still getting familiar with Warsh’s curt style and dislike of providing forward guidance.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 27, 2026
Calocane was described at this review as "guarded, curt, fixed staring and having a hostile edge to him".
From BBC ● May 7, 2026
A few unnecessarily curt speech interruptions threatened the calm, but mainly, this was a smoothly run machine of a show, devoid of mishaps.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 16, 2026
When asked directly whether the administration has a social media problem during Tuesday’s press briefing, Leavitt’s answer was a curt “No.”
From Salon ● Feb. 11, 2026
Tree-ear could see that she was teasing, but he was too deep in his own embarrassment and disappointment to respond with more than a curt nod.
From "A Single Shard" by Linda Sue Park
Karim gave a curt reply in Russian, which the soldier returned with an even curter retort.
From "The Kite Runner" by Khaled Hosseini
"I have never had that thought, Boris Alexandrovitch," replied the other in a tone curter still.
From The Secret of the Night by Gaston Leroux
Saxham's patients found him even curter and more brusque in manner than usual that evening, and the article for the Scientific Review made little way.
From The Dop Doctor by Richard Dehan
And he became curter and curter, as he noticed the new deference which even Clara practised towards him.
From Clayhanger by Arnold Bennett
The woman’s voice was curter, and the uninviting muzzle of a bull-terrier was thrust out between the door and the woman’s skirts.
From Seven Miles to Arden by Ruth Sawyer
Luis Enrique thought for a couple of seconds, looked straight back at the questioner, and gave the curtest of replies.
From Fox News ● Jul. 5, 2021
He came from behind a sea of maps to grant the curtest interview I have ever had.
From Time Magazine Archive
But compare this with the fact that the leading men in England at this very time were recognized only by the curtest of abbreviated names.
From Curiosities of Puritan Nomenclature by Charles W. Bardsley
He had acknowledged the greeting with the curtest of nods.
From Mary Gray by Katharine Tynan
Jeanne passed her arm through the newcomer's and with the curtest of nods to her late companion, disappeared through an open doorway.
From Jeanne of the Marshes by E. Phillips (Edward Phillips) Oppenheim
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