brevity

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Yet the brevity of this pre-election period "will likely not have much of an effect", said Michael Cucek, assistant professor of Asian Studies at Temple University's Japan Campus.

From Barron's • Jan. 27, 2026

Life is short, and even if it’s well-lived, its brevity is both beautiful and cruel.

From Salon • Jun. 7, 2025

Short films contextualize the seeming randomness and brevity of human existence.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 2, 2025

Then there's the brevity of each script - average length of about five signs or symbols - with no long texts on walls, tablets or upright stone slabs.

From BBC • Jan. 16, 2025

“Why? I wrote them a letter on why I was the answer to sliced bread,” is how Flom explains it, with characteristic brevity.

From "Outliers" by Malcolm Gladwell