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brittle

[brit-l] / ˈbrɪt l /




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Among the archives are brittle and faded hand-drawn field maps plus more than 150,000 soil and rock samples.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 28, 2026

Investor sentiment in the software sector remains brittle due to AI fears, with Anthropic set to demonstrate Claude’s capabilities.

From Barron's • Feb. 24, 2026

We move in a familiar loop: outrage at dysfunction, ritualized critique, then a quiet hope that the same brittle systems will somehow stabilize themselves when the stakes get high.

From Salon • Jan. 24, 2026

However, Conservative peer Lord Shinkwin, who has rare brittle bone disease osteogenesis imperfecta, argued that peers had already "been generous with our time".

From BBC • Jan. 8, 2026

Sahil’s voice was brittle, on the edge of snapping.

From "From Twinkle, with Love" by Sandhya Menon




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