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View definitions for briefly

briefly

adverb as in concisely

adverb as in for a short time

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It recently reported a surge in demand among AI companies for its data centres, which helped push its stock dramatically higher and briefly made its co-founder and chairman Larry Ellison the world's richest person.

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The full-back hit her stride with two superb tries at Ashton Gate, having only flickered briefly in her two previous outings at this World Cup.

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It’s also odd that the activist-minded Greengrass didn’t do more with so corporate a villain: legally responsible utility PG&E, represented in the movie by an ineffectual suit who is briefly yelled at.

Still, it’s a bit much when their car briefly runs off the road and she walks away from the crash with immaculate locks.

Lancashire Police said Platt was spoken to at the scene of the crash and told officers he had only touched his phone briefly to check his journey time.

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

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