succinct
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When Rory McIlroy chatted to the great Jack Nicklaus for advice about the best way to defend his Masters title, he was given a succinct piece of advice.
From BBC • Apr. 10, 2026
Guggenheim’s questions about Goddard were succinct, reasonable and articulate.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 31, 2026
Asked for his take on dealing with the cryptocurrency world, Cottrill was succinct.
From Barron's • Feb. 7, 2026
Through Bentley and Kwedar’s telescope, “Train Dreams” feels like an epic in miniature, with an intimacy and scale that’s carried over from the succinct prose-poetry of Denis Johnson’s 2011 novella on which it’s based.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 5, 2025
It has all the qualities we admire in language: it’s handy, succinct, and economical, and everybody knows what it means.
From "Woe Is I" by Patricia T. O'Conner
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