brevity
Example Sentences
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I think about the brevity of that difficulty today, as I listen to parents struggling with deeply feeling kids and water-spilling 2-year-olds.
From Slate • May 10, 2026
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
Kerr’s early contests often ended in less than two minutes, an oops-I-missed-it-grabbing-a-beer brevity that would have made pay-per-view buyers grumble.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 3, 2025
His statement was notable for its relative, and unusual, brevity – but primarily for its vagueness.
From BBC • Aug. 16, 2025
This was the beginning of what would be known, with even greater brevity, as the Rad Lab, and the launch of a new paradigm in scientific research.
From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik
Vocabulary lists containing brevity
Grade 11, List 1
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The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark
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100 SAT Words Beginning with "B"
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