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brio

[bree-oh, bree-aw] / ˈbri oʊ, ˈbri ɔ /


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All this is conveyed with immense brio, introducing many fascinating insights and characters.

From The Wall Street Journal May 22, 2026

I admire her brio to take on Bass and respect her place in L.A. political history.

From Los Angeles Times Feb. 9, 2026

Cynthia Erivo delivered a divinely inspired performance in this revival of Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice’s 1971 musical, directed and choreographed with concert-like brio by Sergio Trujillo.

From Los Angeles Times Dec. 9, 2025

She noted, however, that the "the novel is stripped of the endless, inventive discursions into folk-tale, backstory and verbal brio that characterise the best of Marquez".

From BBC Mar. 6, 2024

The stallion supplies the vital qualities—the blood, i.e., the vivacity, brio, pace; physical resistance comes from the mare.

From Reincarnation A Study in Human Evolution by Rothwell, Fred




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