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debrief

[dee-breef] / diˈbrif /




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Osman asked him if the gloves would be off should the judges get overly critical of the new crop of contestants, and the dancer joked he was "waiting for that judges' debrief".

From BBC ● Sep. 10, 2026

“Flight debrief complete. No reprimands. No firings. No problem,” Cao wrote on social media.

From Salon ● Jul. 19, 2026

“Flight debrief complete. No reprimands. No firings. No problem. That’s the sound of Freedom!,” acting Navy Secretary Hung Cao wrote in a social-media post on Thursday afternoon.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 16, 2026

Get some clarity on a wild Supreme Court term: Sometimes the best way to stop spiraling about the news is to debrief with smart friends.

From Slate ● Jul. 9, 2026

While I was never happy to see ANC men imprisoned, I was keen to debrief them after they arrived.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela

In another video, the same woman debriefs the experience: “I just blacked out and spent nearly 600 euros at the French pharmacies. So, let’s go through everything I got.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026

Hardin says the team debriefs after each season to discuss what worked as they develop the next installment.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 14, 2025

"I found them to be very transparent about everything," she said about OceanGate staff debriefs.

From BBC ● Sep. 19, 2024

“We joked about that,” admitted Reddick’s crew chief, Billy Scott, “that he’s the only one that sits in our debriefs without a win.”

From Washington Times ● Sep. 10, 2023

Seated around the kitchen table, Bonnie gently debriefs them on their mother’s medical and legislative battles.

From New York Times ● Oct. 20, 2022

Earlier this week, senior EU officials debriefed European ambassadors in the glass-paneled Brussels office tower popularly known as “the Space Egg.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 13, 2026

"I was in a mixed feeling. I have it completely out of my system. We framed it. We debriefed it as a group and we're all focused now. Full steam ahead."

From BBC ● Jul. 15, 2026

To get a sense of Roche’s new offerings, Guggenheim debriefed Christopher Mason, a computational genomics professor at New York’s Weill Cornell Medicine who had early access to the systems.

From Barron's ● Oct. 16, 2025

LaRosa had exhaustively studied how it might happen safely and ensured everyone was properly debriefed.

From Seattle Times ● May 17, 2024

Sergeant Bloom debriefed us soon after we returned to the Academy.

From "Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing" by Ted Conover

After monitoring practice, debriefing his team and entertaining sponsors under the floodlights, he winds down for bed around 3:30 a.m., which is 9:30 p.m. back in central Europe.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 5, 2026

Either way, I’m sure there was a debriefing later.

From Salon ● Jan. 23, 2026

Along with their superior speed, the Roche products seem competitive with Illumina’s in accuracy, according to Guggenheim’s report on the debriefing.

From Barron's ● Oct. 16, 2025

“It wasn’t until after the concert, where I was debriefing with my friends and I said, ‘Let’s review the footage, let’s see if it really looks that bad.’

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 22, 2025

“Sorry, Captain. Time is of the essence. The commander wants a debriefing before we detonate.”

From "Artemis Fowl" by Eoin Colfer


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