briefly

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Bloom, don’t simmer Spices and aromatics cooked briefly in fat open up quickly, creating depth in minutes rather than hours.

From Salon • Apr. 3, 2026

Kamila Deavers, who led the project, became interested in lead exposure after her young daughter briefly showed elevated lead levels linked to toy coatings, before stricter regulations were introduced.

From Science Daily • Apr. 2, 2026

Thompson served briefly as the head of the Oklahoma Federal Writers’ Project and involved himself with the Communist Party for a few years.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 2, 2026

When you send Bitcoin, your public key is briefly revealed to the network while the transaction sits in a memory pool waiting to be confirmed.

From Barron's • Apr. 1, 2026

“My dear Mr. Harley-Dickinson,” she wrote, addressing a playwright friend of hers who had briefly and memorably visited Ashton Place some weeks before, and who was never very far from her mind.

From "The Interrupted Tale" by Maryrose Wood