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View definitions for briefly

briefly

adverb as in concisely

adverb as in for a short time

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"Most living organisms, including humans, cannot survive even briefly in the vacuum of space," says lead author Tomomichi Fujita of Hokkaido University.

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That has worried government officials, especially after Musk briefly threatened to cancel the company’s Dragon vehicle earlier this year.

Bier said on Saturday that X’s data “was not 100 percent” and briefly pulled access to the feature.

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The father of six also dabbled in production, with movies starring his sons Sunny and Bobby Deol, and briefly served as a member of parliament.

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But the scam was revealed when the family briefly moved back to New York and Stein was nearing the end of high school.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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