How to Use concision in a Sentence

concision

noun
  • Yet, for all of their tightness and concision, their sound can feel all over the place, too.
    Chris Richards, Washington Post, 20 Feb. 2023
  • Part of what has made this show so refreshing is its concision.
    Noel Murray, Vulture, 23 Feb. 2026
  • The sub-90-minute run time isn’t an emblem of concision; the movie simply ends too soon.
    Glenn Kenny, New York Times, 7 May 2020
  • Rochester’s degree of contempt for these people speaks in the concision itself.
    Literary Hub, 6 July 2026
  • The song’s concision is almost as devastating as its sang-froid.
    Chris Richards, Washington Post, 27 Sep. 2022
  • Here are some of his comments, which have been lightly edited for clarity and concision.
    Edward Wong, New York Times, 19 Jan. 2025
  • But the concision of Swift’s songcraft and the nuances of her phrasing should keep the listener tuned in.
    Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 21 Oct. 2022
  • Our interview with him has been edited for concision and clarity.
    IEEE Spectrum, 15 Apr. 2024
  • Perhaps the one thing Scott didn’t borrow from his predecessors was their concision.
    Jason Linkins, The New Republic, 26 Feb. 2022
  • These excerpts have been lightly edited for clarity and concision.
    Zach Wichter, USA TODAY, 24 May 2023
  • No other director has dramatized that quandary with greater concision.
    Anthony Lane, The New Yorker, 11 Nov. 2022
  • This transcript has been lightly edited for concision and clarity.
    IEEE Spectrum, 25 May 2025
  • Your work tends toward concision, yet a big part of the pleasure in this cover is the accumulation of details.
    Françoise Mouly, The New Yorker, 30 Nov. 2020
  • One just hopes that ego doesn’t displace analytical concision, as bright as Silver may be.
    The Hive, 20 Jan. 2017
  • Now, as in the 1960s, Starr’s drumming remains a marvel of taste and concision.
    George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 May 2023
  • This interview has been condensed and edited for concision and clarity.
    Natalie Oganesyan, Deadline, 1 Mar. 2026
  • This interview has been edited and condensed for clarity and concision.
    Daniel Cassady, ARTnews.com, 31 Mar. 2025
  • The rest of the poem is a masterpiece of guilelessness, comedy and concision.
    Washington Post, 15 Dec. 2021
  • This interview has been edited for clarity and concision.
    Harrison Jacobs, ARTnews.com, 29 Apr. 2026
  • This interview has been condensed and edited for concision and clarity.
    Natalie Oganesyan, Deadline, 15 Feb. 2026
  • This interview has been edited and condensed for concision and clarity.
    Natalie Oganesyan, Deadline, 23 Feb. 2026
  • This interview has been edited and condensed for clarity and concision.
    Tessa Solomon, ARTnews.com, 29 June 2026
  • This interview has been edited and condensed for concision and clarity.
    Maximilíano Durón, ARTnews.com, 14 July 2026
  • Their responses have been edited for clarity and concision.
    Matthew Odam, Austin American Statesman, 27 Feb. 2026
  • The interview has been edited lightly for concision and clarity.
    George Nelson, ARTnews.com, 17 July 2024
  • This is an oral history of that production, in interviews that have been condensed for concision and clarity.
    Zachary Pincus-Roth, Washington Post, 19 May 2022
  • The concision of her speech — no full sentences, no verbs whatsoever — underscores the importance of speed.
    Kathryn Vanarendonk, Vulture, 18 June 2024
  • Below is the transcript, lightly edited for concision and clarity.
    Robert Hackett, Fortune, 14 Apr. 2021
  • This interview has been lightly edited for clarity and concision.
    Harrison Jacobs, ARTnews.com, 15 June 2026
  • This interview has been edited lightly for clarity and concision.
    Daniel Cassady, ARTnews.com, 6 Apr. 2026

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