brief
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A brief conversation with a woman in my local library resulted in my decision to join the nonprofit organization she founded.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 18, 2026
Because cities normally produce a constant level of ground shaking, even a brief slowdown becomes easy to detect.
From Science Daily • Apr. 18, 2026
But the core of the brief was to find a system of waterways across the continent to the Pacific Ocean.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 16, 2026
Just days before the defendants’ deadline to file their opening brief with the federal appeals court, the DOJ filed the motion to vacate the convictions altogether.
From Salon • Apr. 15, 2026
Natalie could see other rooftops in the brief moments of full light, but they were all too far away, separated from her and the Evans family by wide, raging rivers of floodwater.
From "Two Degrees" by Alan Gratz
Vocabulary lists containing brief
Jim Burke's Academic Vocabulary List
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"All Summer in a Day" by Ray Bradbury
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"Romeo and Juliet" by William Shakespeare, Act V
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