curt
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It has also tapped into the much-debated question of whether we should be curt or polite when using generative AI tools.
From BBC ● Oct. 9, 2026
Wall Street is still getting familiar with Warsh’s curt style and dislike of providing forward guidance.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 27, 2026
A few unnecessarily curt speech interruptions threatened the calm, but mainly, this was a smoothly run machine of a show, devoid of mishaps.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 16, 2026
When asked directly whether the administration has a social media problem during Tuesday’s press briefing, Leavitt’s answer was a curt “No.”
From Salon ● Feb. 11, 2026
He eyes me and Alex and gives us a curt nod.
From "The Manifestor Prophecy" by Angie Thomas
Karim gave a curt reply in Russian, which the soldier returned with an even curter retort.
From "The Kite Runner" by Khaled Hosseini
And he became curter and curter, as he noticed the new deference which even Clara practised towards him.
From Clayhanger by Arnold Bennett
Saxham's patients found him even curter and more brusque in manner than usual that evening, and the article for the Scientific Review made little way.
From The Dop Doctor by Richard Dehan
"See here, Mr. Jarnock," I said, perhaps rather curter than I should have done, considering what I had to say.
From Carnacki, the Ghost Finder by William Hope Hodgson
"I have never had that thought, Boris Alexandrovitch," replied the other in a tone curter still.
From The Secret of the Night by Gaston Leroux
Luis Enrique thought for a couple of seconds, looked straight back at the questioner, and gave the curtest of replies.
From Fox News ● Jul. 5, 2021
He came from behind a sea of maps to grant the curtest interview I have ever had.
From Time Magazine Archive
The following dates show that I was kept waiting six weeks before being finally favoured with the curtest of refusals: Application made on September 13th, and sent on.
From The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 14 by Sir Richard Francis Burton
When Mercedes had met Alvarado early in the morning she had acknowledged his profound salutation with the curtest and coldest of nods.
From Sir Henry Morgan, Buccaneer A Romance of the Spanish Main by Will Crawford
To all but the Agent Seth vouchsafed the curtest of replies, and to him he made only a slight concession.
From The Watchers of the Plains A Tale of the Western Prairies by Ridgwell Cullum
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