briefer
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Although Dorothy Parker tried her hand at plays and had a successful writing career in Hollywood—her screenplays included 1937’s “A Star is Born”—she excelled in briefer forms.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 17, 2026
Those uprisings, later coined the Arab Spring, succeeded in bringing about a short democratic sojourn in Tunisia and a much briefer one in Egypt, but they also unleashed unrest.
From Barron's ● Apr. 10, 2026
The answers have grown into stories, now briefer than before but still mostly complete.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 7, 2024
He harbored similar hopes for last November’s much briefer cease-fire, to no avail.
From Slate ● Mar. 6, 2024
Gollum in his own way, and with much more excuse as his acquaintance was much briefer, may have made a similar mistake, confusing kindness and blindness.
From "The Two Towers" by J. R. R. Tolkien
