brief

Example Sentences

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Clinton said firmly that he was only a "brief acquaintance" of Epstein, and that their relationship "ended years before his crimes came to light".

From BBC

Claude earlier in the day suffered a brief outage following what Anthropic described as “unprecedented” demand.

From MarketWatch

And questions will only intensify as top administration officials brief Congress early this week.

From The Wall Street Journal

A brief ground stop was initially placed by the Federal Aviation Administration, but a spokesperson for Los Angeles World Airports said that has since been lifted.

From Los Angeles Times

But a brief conflict is unlikely to outweigh other market dynamics.

From The Wall Street Journal