brief
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The findings were published May 20 in Nature Genetics and highlighted in an accompanying Nature brief.
From Science Daily • Jun. 1, 2026
Setting up in Cairo in May 1943, Young’s brief was to cultivate local spy networks; gather intelligence; insert agents and operatives in Greece to guide the commandos; sabotage enemy infrastructure; and prepare for D-Day.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 31, 2026
In a brief moment of clarity in 2014, they won the West, but were swept out of the division series by the Kansas City Royals as Pujols and Trout combined to go three for 24.
From Los Angeles Times • May 31, 2026
Twelve months to the day before his international bow, Tyler was making the second of two brief appearances for United in the final game of their controversial post-season tour of Asia.
From BBC • May 31, 2026
From the brief glimpses I had had of him, all I knew about him was his color.
From "Black Star, Bright Dawn" by Scott O'Dell
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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