concise

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After a brief pause, he gave a concise answer: "They have to be flawless."

From BBC • Feb. 11, 2026

“We really have to think about speaking eloquently, being concise, all those things, because we don’t get a second take,” Gellar said.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 10, 2026

“A Christmas Carol” is a perfectly concise tale all about how the holiday spirit can change not just our minds, but our hearts, too.

From Salon • Dec. 24, 2025

But a more concise assessment occurs earlier: “Controversy was her oxygen.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 28, 2025

Each got a quick, concise lecture from Francis, during the second of which I wandered down to see if the shop could be speeded up to produce the purines and pyrimidines later that afternoon.

From "Double Helix" by James D. Watson