briefs
Britishplural noun
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Briefs have been filed before the high court, and on April 25 the people will be listening.
From Slate • Apr. 9, 2024
Wagner PMC Briefs is a channel Prigozhin has confirmed as an official page of Wagner and is run by one of his troops.
From BBC • Jun. 26, 2023
Briefs are expected to be filed in with the U.S.
From Washington Times • Dec. 27, 2020
Briefs “are too long to be persuasive,” said Laurence H. Silberman, a judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit.
From New York Times • Oct. 3, 2016
Briefs gave him his dinner, the drama gave him his supper; his supper got to be the more substantial of the two.
From The English Stage Being an Account of the Victorian Drama by Filon, Augustin
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