pithy
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"Just so devastatingly crap" was the pithy and rather brutal view of one Labour MP in touch with me.
From BBC • May 12, 2026
They would funnel information and boil down data to pithy takeaways for their superiors.
From MarketWatch • May 7, 2026
What follows is a story told in hasty paragraphs, pithy fragments and cynical dispatches from a conspiracy theory-infested America.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 28, 2026
Under Ms. Zambello’s pithy direction, those ensnared in the juggernaut can only lose.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 23, 2026
Rather, he meant that he would be brief, concise, and to the point—in a word, pithy.
From "The Interrupted Tale" by Maryrose Wood
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