terse
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Instead of consulting, DHS sent a single terse email to the State Department, which did not even cover the topic of a country’s safety and instead asked about any general “foreign policy concerns.”
From Slate • Jun. 25, 2026
The next day, Greenspan issued a terse statement that the Fed was ready to serve as “a source of liquidity” to markets.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 22, 2026
Gone was the on-the-one-hand/one-the-other-hand-isms of Jerome Powell, replaced instead with a confident, but terse, “The Committee will deliver price stability.”
From Barron's • Jun. 18, 2026
In the editing room Wilder’s instructions are equally terse.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 17, 2026
His voice was suddenly clipped, terse, as if what he was about to say made him angry.
From "Summer of the Mariposas" by Guadalupe García McCall
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