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

Speaking to the BBC, he said 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

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

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