succinctness

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To some extent, this is where the purity vs. succinctness debate comes into play.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 24, 2022

Here, then, are 66 of my favorite books, in no particular order, each described with telegraphic succinctness.

From Washington Post • Jan. 11, 2022

It may seem obvious, and it’s certainly been said before, but I like the succinctness there.

From Slate • Apr. 15, 2020

But, in combining succinctness, irony, and absurdism, the Post’s headlines fashioned a model that editors at popular Internet news sites, in their never-ending efforts to attract clicks, often seek to emulate.

From The New Yorker • Jun. 10, 2015

"I thank you, Madonna, for this clear succinctness," answered Cesare coldly, as was his habit.

From The Shame of Motley: being the memoir of certain transactions in the life of Lazzaro Biancomonte, of Biancomonte, sometime fool of the court of Pesaro by Sabatini, Rafael