brief
Example Sentences
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A retired teacher told me how much she missed the brief hallway chats and luncheon check-ins with colleagues she’d once taken for granted.
On Friday, the court said in a brief order that it would decide “whether the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act preempts a label-based failure-to-warn claim where EPA has not required the warning.”
From Los Angeles Times
But in many ways, the motivation behind Glasner's bombshell media briefing, in which he also admitted the club are open to selling star striker Jean-Philippe Mateta, is neither here nor there for Palace.
From BBC
In a separate article, CBS repeated the claim from “two U.S. officials briefed on his medical condition.”
From Salon
Concerns about the relative impact of boxers and briefs on fertility, for instance, have given way to today’s murmurs about plastic, testosterone and population rates.
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