short answer
Example Sentences
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The short answer: Your accountant has their wires crossed — or you may have misunderstood what they said.
From MarketWatch • May 18, 2026
When I asked Jaranilla about where his ramps came from, he replied: “The short answer is that I have a guy.”
From The Wall Street Journal • May 13, 2026
The short answer is that a wide gulf exists between rumor and fact and Swalwell lurked in that gray space, living and thriving in the shadows between provability and denial.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 17, 2026
The "short answer is we don't know for sure" what actually led to the reduction in size of Rosie's biggest tumour, said Pall Thordarson, director of UNSW's RNA institute which created the vaccine.
From Barron's • Mar. 30, 2026
The short answer is that, just as there was a duel of words after the actual duel—won by Hamilton’s advocates—there was also a duel of words beforehand, which Burr won with equivalent decisiveness.
From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis
