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as in shortness
the condition of being short
the best quality a graduation speech can have is brevity
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as in concision
the quality or state of being marked by or using only few words to convey much meaning
if brevity is the soul of wit, then that speech wasn't at all witty
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Recent Examples of brevity
Her responses are lightly edited for brevity and clarity.
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Kaitlyn Schallhorn, Oc Register, 28 May 2026
New competitors will enter the arena, including one named, with ominous brevity, Box.
—Wyatt Williams, Harpers Magazine, 26 May 2026
This conversation has been edited for brevity and clarity.
—ABC News, 18 May 2026
Questions have been lightly edited for clarity and brevity.
—Madeline Coleman, New York Times, 12 May 2026
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Kaitlyn Schallhorn, Oc Register, 28 May 2026
New competitors will enter the arena, including one named, with ominous brevity, Box.
—Wyatt Williams, Harpers Magazine, 26 May 2026
This conversation has been edited for brevity and clarity.
—ABC News, 18 May 2026
Questions have been lightly edited for clarity and brevity.
—Madeline Coleman, New York Times, 12 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for brevity
Noun
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How much of his life, his desperate desire for success, greatness, had been prompted by his shortness?—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
11 Mar. 2026
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The team’s mean average height is 6-foot-4 due to the notable shortness of main rotation guards Tre Jones (6-foot-1) and Rob Dillingham (6-foot-2) and two-way guards Yuki Kawamura (5-foot-7) and Mac McClung (6-foot-2).—
Colleen Kane,
Chicago Tribune,
10 Feb. 2026
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This interview was edited and condensed for concision and clarity.—
Natalie Oganesyan,
Deadline,
31 May 2026
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Sombreness has seldom looked more suave or felt more disciplined; the storytelling is astounding in its concision, sometimes to a fault, as the characters’ rich personal histories are elided.—
Justin Chang,
New Yorker,
18 May 2026
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The transcript has been edited for clarity and conciseness.—
Mary Divine,
Twin Cities,
15 Mar. 2026
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The conciseness, the visual satisfaction, and the crucial interplay between image and word makes reading a good graphic novel—or, in this case, graphic memoir—an electrifying, transporting experience.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
16 Jan. 2026
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“Brevity.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/brevity. Accessed 6 Jun. 2026.
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