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as in blunt
being or characterized by direct, brief, and potentially rude speech or manner
she was offended by the curt reply to her well-meaning question
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as in concise
marked by the use of few words to convey much information or meaning
on a daily basis she e-mailed to her commanders curt reports on the situation
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Recent Examples of curt
Jaquan Brisker deflected the ball, setting off a wild celebration -- and a curt handshake between Johnson and Packers coach Matt LaFleur.
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Andrew Seligman,
Denver Post,
11 Jan. 2026
The host and White House correspondent had a curt reaction to the president's lengthy social media rant.
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Shania Russell,
Entertainment Weekly,
7 Dec. 2025
Others were more curt, saying that the speech is nothing but hot air.
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Al Weaver,
The Hill,
22 Oct. 2025
Less than a day later, a curt follow-up email landed in many of their inboxes informing them that they weren’t being let go after all.
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Tom Bartlett,
The Atlantic,
13 Oct. 2025
See All Example Sentences for curt
Andrew Seligman,
Denver Post,
11 Jan. 2026
The host and White House correspondent had a curt reaction to the president's lengthy social media rant.
—
Shania Russell,
Entertainment Weekly,
7 Dec. 2025
Others were more curt, saying that the speech is nothing but hot air.
—
Al Weaver,
The Hill,
22 Oct. 2025
Less than a day later, a curt follow-up email landed in many of their inboxes informing them that they weren’t being let go after all.
—
Tom Bartlett,
The Atlantic,
13 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for curt
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Erasure is sometimes too blunt a word for what happens to a literary life.
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Patton Veterinary Hospital was blunt on its website.
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Get concise answers to your questions.
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After considering a visitor’s question for a few seconds, the AI avatar gave a concise ruling, with specific citations to the USGA rulebook.
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Skratch also interviewed other sources for its story who alleged infidelity by Mickelson amid abrupt endings of memberships at other golf clubs.
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Following the abrupt dissolution of Disney’s $1 billion investment in OpenAI’s Sora text-to-video app, Shin stressed that there are no plans to use A24’s existing IP to create GenAI tools.
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For a team that began the season with off days coming at a premium, a brief stretch with two open dates is a respite from the wear and tear of a long season.
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So far, operations have run relatively smooth, save for a brief power outage that led to a pretzel shortage.
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When in a forest, stay in proximity to shorter tree groupings.
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The tears weren't solely a result of coming up short at another major, but more so about the message his dad shared with him after Burns' Sunday surge up the leader board came up just short.
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The judge considered hundreds of pages of evidence and testimony from San Diego officials, homeowners and their lawyers and determined that the city had not met the burden for what is called summary adjudication in any of the five causes of actions.
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Such rights obviously do not include summary execution at sea.
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But Rose bet that a less gruff voice, ultimately Mike Brown’s, was required to win it all.
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Platner, a gruff 41-year-old Marine Corps veteran, is trying to unseat Republican Senator Susan Collins with a platform of economic populism, universal health care, labor protections, and anti-interventionism.
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In another terse exchange, prosecutors repeatedly objected to the prosecution’s line of questioning about Goodloe’s work hours.
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In response Friday to an inquiry from NPR came this terse statement from the court's public information office.
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“Curt.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/curt. Accessed 29 Jun. 2026.
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