brief
adjective
lasting or taking a short time; of short duration.
Example Sentences
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Ex-CIA vice presidential briefer Julia Curlee is lately lauded everywhere for courage in coming out as trans.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 29, 2026
Those uprisings, later coined the Arab Spring, succeeded in bringing about a short democratic sojourn in Tunisia and a much briefer one in Egypt, but they also unleashed unrest.
From Barron's ● Apr. 10, 2026
Vaill could have made Pride and Pleasure a briefer book if she had chosen to constrict the male narrative and focus on the sisters alone.
From Slate ● Oct. 21, 2025
Speaking to Today, McEwan contrasted the contemplative letters of the past - from the likes of Napolean and Darwin - with today's briefer emails, which may miss deeper personal insights.
From BBC ● Sep. 8, 2025
Al Ulbrickson also made a few, much briefer, remarks to the press.
From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown
