briefs
Britishplural noun
Example Sentences
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The briefs - many still heavily redacted - were created during both the Clinton and Bush administrations.
From BBC ● Sep. 11, 2026
The new legal teams filed additional briefs supporting the petitions, and in June, the court announced that it would hear both cases in its term beginning in October.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 5, 2026
“I believe a plainer worry sits beneath the briefs and the news releases ... The issue is whether I can be trusted as a steward of Warner’s CNN,” Ellison wrote.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 4, 2026
Federal judges have found that the government filed statements generated by artificial intelligence that referenced nonexistent case law, wrote briefs that ignored facts and filed declarations with inaccurate dates, the ProPublica review shows.
From Salon ● Jul. 30, 2026
My briefs were brand-new and had that just-out-of-the-package chemical smell.
From "100 Sideways Miles" by Andrew Smith
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