brief

Example Sentences

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General Secretary Lam is set to retain his post as Vietnam's top leader, according to sources briefed on party deliberations.

From Barron's

A retired teacher told me how much she missed the brief hallway chats and luncheon check-ins with colleagues she’d once taken for granted.

From The Wall Street Journal

On Friday, the court said in a brief order that it would decide “whether the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act preempts a label-based failure-to-warn claim where EPA has not required the warning.”

From Los Angeles Times

But in many ways, the motivation behind Glasner's bombshell media briefing, in which he also admitted the club are open to selling star striker Jean-Philippe Mateta, is neither here nor there for Palace.

From BBC

In a separate article, CBS repeated the claim from “two U.S. officials briefed on his medical condition.”

From Salon