briefer

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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 answers have grown into stories, now briefer than before but still mostly complete.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 7, 2024

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

He harbored similar hopes for last November’s much briefer cease-fire, to no avail.

From Slate • Mar. 6, 2024

Gollum in his own way, and with much more excuse as his acquaintance was much briefer, may have made a similar mistake, confusing kindness and blindness.

From "The Two Towers" by J. R. R. Tolkien