Sample Sentences for
brief
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brief as in:  briefed her

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The reporters were briefed about the President's plan to invade.
briefed = given a summary of important information
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    She never sees our team play. Instead, she watches the team we will play next week and then briefs our coach about their strengths and weaknesses.
    briefs = gives a summary of important information
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    During the flight over, I had a chance to sit down with the communications tech and brief him.  (source)
    brief = give a summary of important information to
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    So I'll keep the news brief.  (source)
    brief = summary of important information
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    At a briefing, the crews were told to approach Nauru at eight thousand feet.  (source)
    briefing = meeting to give a summary of important information
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    The men would gather at the truck to be briefed on what had been hit during their break, what was most likely to be hit next, and who was working with whom.  (source)
    briefed = given a summary of important information
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    We have been warned about that in briefings, along with frostbite, wind, whiteouts, wind, intense cold, and finally, wind.†  (source)
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    The briefer, the sooner shall you be refreshed.†  (source)
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    He had asked the doctors to brief him on their progress before flying home, which happened to be the morning after I had been shot.  (source)
    brief = give a summary of important information to
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    "Just get the guys on the ground," Admiral McRaven had reiterated during one of our final briefs.  (source)
    briefs = meetings to give summaries of important information
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    One two-person team of briefers called themselves Abdul and Abdul.†  (source)
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    McBride had to be back in the office for a press briefing on the investigation.  (source)
    briefing = giving a summary of important information
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    When I mentioned various aircraft he'd flown, the aircraft Dad had briefed me about, he grinned again and said, "Heck, I do believe we got an aviation expert on our hands."  (source)
    briefed = given a summary of important information (to)
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    Many evenings after supper Captain Ono could be seen on his way to the commander's house, and when directives from central headquarters in Rangoon had come concerning preparations for the inevitable enemy offensive, the doctor was always included in the briefings.†  (source)
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brief as in:  legal brief

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The ACLU filed the brief in October.
brief = summary of important facts for a legal case
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    Her brief stresses that a guilty verdict would be incompatible with the First Amendment's guarantee of freedom of speech.
    brief = summary of important facts and opinion for a legal case
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    He wanted to appeal no matter how unlikely the prospects, but his lawyer filed no brief.  (source)
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    At work, for example, when he would staple "FYI--For Your Information" notes to legal briefs and corporate returns that I had to review, he signed them at the bottom: "FYI--Forever You & I."  (source)
    briefs = summaries of important facts and opinions
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    I told prison officials that in order to prepare adequately, I would need to be exempt from going to the quarry and would also require a proper table, chair, and reading light to work on my brief.  (source)
    brief = summary of important facts for a legal case
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    She rearranged her docket so that she was home when Josie got there; she left legal briefs in the office instead of bringing them home to read on weekends; every night, over dinner, they talked-not just chatter, but real conversation: about why To Kill a Mockingbird might very well be the best book ever written; about how you could tell if you'd fallen in love; even about Josie's father.  (source)
    briefs = summaries of important facts and opinions regarding a legal case
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    It's hardly a legal brief; there's a lot of speculation, rumor, and secondhand information.  (source)
    legal brief = a legal summary of facts and opinion concerning a judicial court case
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    With the reconsideration denied, the appeal brief was due in twenty-eight days.  (source)
    brief = summary of important facts and opinion for a legal case
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    With a sigh, she shifted a tower of briefs aside.  (source)
    briefs = summaries of important facts -- especially opinions regarding a legal case
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    After filing the appeal brief, I'd continued investigating the case intensively.  (source)
    brief = summary of important facts and opinion for a legal case
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    I could now spend the day reading, writing letters, discussing issues with my comrades, or formulating legal briefs.  (source)
    briefs = summary of important facts for a legal case
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    I'd filed a lengthy brief that documented the insufficiency of the evidence and raised every legal deficiency in the trial that I could identify.  (source)
    brief = summary of important facts and opinion for a legal case
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    He paused and then said he wanted the parties to submit written briefs arguing what ruling he should make.  (source)
    briefs = summaries of important facts and opinions regarding a legal case
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    Despite numerous potentially meritorious grounds for appeal, Joe's appointed appellate counsel filed an Anders brief—indicating his belief that there were no legitimate grounds for appeal and no credible basis to complain about the conviction or sentence—and was permitted to withdraw from representing Joe.  (source)
    brief = summary of important facts for a legal case
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meaning too common or too rare to warrant focus

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    There was a brief obituary in the Colored News, but there was also an editorial.  (source)
    brief = short (having few words)
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    The officer paused for a brief coughing spell.  (source)
    brief = of short duration
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    In the team room, the guys made us introduce ourselves and give them a brief bio.  (source)
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    The elements had created a brief and shifting smile of sand, angled just so.  (source)
    brief = of short duration
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    He puts on his briefs and slacks.  (source)
    briefs = underwear
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    I suppose his brief burst of fame brought on a briefer burst of industry, but his job lasted only as long as his notoriety: Mr. Ewell found himself as forgotten as Tom Robinson.  (source)
    briefer = shorter
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    I asked for a brief recess to try and calm Herbert down.  (source)
    brief = of short duration
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    He is down to his briefs.  (source)
    briefs = underwear
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    During our brief tour of the house, she's already found the flaws.  (source)
    brief = of short duration
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    Song drops his briefs.  (source)
    briefs = underwear
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    I tried to distract myself by reading Stephen Hawking's A Brief History of Time, which answered big questions such as how the universe began and whether time could run backward.  (source)
    Brief = of short duration
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    Dick stripped to his briefs was not quite the same as Dick fully clothed.  (source)
    briefs = underwear
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    Suddenly it flickered back to view; a brief glow touched it and faded.  (source)
    brief = of short duration
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