brevity
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From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 21, 2025
Brevity is indeed the soul of wit, but it's not the soul of analysis.
From Salon • Feb. 9, 2023
Brevity is often, but not always, a virtue.
From Washington Post • Jul. 15, 2022
Brevity is hardly in vogue among filmmakers these days, and “The Beatles: Get Back,” a new three-part documentary from Peter Jackson, makes a compelling case against it.
From New York Times • Jan. 13, 2022
Brevity is the soul of wit, and of many other virtues in writing.
From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker
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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