succinct

Example Sentences

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He answered several questions with a succinct “I’ve got nothing for you on that.”

From Barron's • Jan. 29, 2026

For Toha, it was a succinct entrypoint on the complex subject for her teenage daughter.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 15, 2026

When told of the candidate’s party affiliation, there was the succinct response: “We’re not.”

From Slate • Dec. 2, 2025

Through Bentley and Kwedar’s telescope, “Train Dreams” feels like an epic in miniature, with an intimacy and scale that’s carried over from the succinct prose-poetry of Denis Johnson’s 2011 novella on which it’s based.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 5, 2025

It should synthesize a particular grievance into a succinct and pithy phrase, while mobilizing the people to combat it.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela