- comparative of brief.
briefer
Example Sentences
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Those uprisings, later coined the Arab Spring, succeeded in bringing about a short democratic sojourn in Tunisia and a much briefer one in Egypt, but they also unleashed unrest.
From Barron's ● Apr. 10, 2026
The health secretary insisted he was "not challenging the prime minister" adding: "I'm not doing any of the things some silly briefer said overnight."
From BBC ● Nov. 12, 2025
Three years afterward the world is in a slightly better mood, and the time difference between New York and Paris is much briefer.
From Salon ● Aug. 9, 2024
We made a very conscious choice to keep it on the briefer side because it is challenging subject matter.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 18, 2024
Today, our jet planes have made even the longest intercontinental flights briefer than the duration of any human infectious disease.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
