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brief

Definition for brief

adjective as in short, compressed

adjective as in short in time

verb as in inform of facts

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He might not be old enough to play the game Grand Theft Auto V, but that didn’t stop a 13-year-old from stealing his parent’s car and leading South Pasadena police on a brief chase before pulling over, authorities said.

Payment app PayPal experienced a brief outage worldwide on Thursday, it confirmed.

From BBC

However, even a brief outage was enough to cause problems for customers, who reported being unable to log in to their accounts or said they were having problems making payments.

From BBC

Meanwhile, “Jesse Plemons has a single scene in ‘Civil War’; It may be chilling enough for a nom,” writes Tim Cogshell, and there’s precedent for brief appearances walking off with the Oscar.

The DNI also prepares the President’s Daily Brief, notifying the commander in chief of new intelligence on various crises and other important developments in the world, which might in turn guide his policies.

From Slate

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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