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brusquely

[bruhsk-lee] / ˈbrʌsk li /


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At the same time, Disney is brusquely cross-promoting their other titles alongside the film at every opportunity, pursuing the two words every advertising exec dreams of: brand synergy.

From Salon • Apr. 20, 2026

He gave her a pointed look, she says, and addressed her brusquely in Swahili: “You’re a Gen Z—come here.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Sep. 9, 2025

She brusquely replied that a particular leopard routinely came by a path in the hills, passed her house and went “that way.”

From Scientific American • Apr. 22, 2023

He’s best known for his BAFTA-awarded 2019 feature “Bait,” a masterful, odd, brusquely stylish drama about economic and family tensions in a present-day Cornish fishing village, old ways deployed to dramatize a modern reality.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 30, 2023

Malcolm X was “away briefly,” Sister Betty said on the phone—and she spoke brusquely.

From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey




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