1
as in informing
to give information to
the lieutenant briefed his superior officers on the state of the enemy's fortifications
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2
as in summarizing
to make into a short statement of the main points (as of a report)
his duties include briefing intelligence reports for the president
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as in teaching
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Recent Examples of briefing
Jordan Novet, CNBC, 16 Oct. 2025
In addition to those killed, four others were injured and sought medical treatment on their own, officials said during the briefing.
—Kirsten Fiscus, Nashville Tennessean, 15 Oct. 2025
Beth Warren, Nashville Tennessean, 12 Oct. 2025
The website deals would only be accessible for patients not using their health insurance, according to one of the government officials briefing reporters anonymously.
—Sydney Lupkin, NPR, 30 Sep. 2025
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Verb
Or perhaps a person could tell Copilot to put all available Brian Eno songs into a Spotify playlist and have the assistant push play, Yusuf Mehdi, Microsoft's consumer marketing chief, told reporters in a briefing.
—Jordan Novet, CNBC, 16 Oct. 2025
In addition to those killed, four others were injured and sought medical treatment on their own, officials said during the briefing.
—Kirsten Fiscus, Nashville Tennessean, 15 Oct. 2025
Noun
Humphreys County Sheriff Chris Davis often paused between words to fight back tears while briefing reporters in the days following the blast.
—Beth Warren, Nashville Tennessean, 12 Oct. 2025
The website deals would only be accessible for patients not using their health insurance, according to one of the government officials briefing reporters anonymously.
—Sydney Lupkin, NPR, 30 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for briefing
Verb
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Most people start by informing either their HR department or their direct supervisor.—
Jamie Ducharme,
Health,
17 Oct. 2025
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But Schneider walked to the mound with every past conversation catalogued in his mind, with every lesson informing each step.—
Mitch Bannon,
New York Times,
17 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Students were encouraged to learn civics through memorizing, reciting, summarizing and applying information, rather than through analyzing and evaluating information, investigating civic issues or engaging in civic action projects.—
Robert Maloy,
The Conversation,
17 Oct. 2025
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Companies are increasingly using AI to assist with daily tasks like summarizing meetings and drafting reports.—
JJ Rosen,
Nashville Tennessean,
12 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Her research and teaching focus on modern and contemporary poetry and poetics, labor history and theory, and gender and sexuality.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
20 Oct. 2025
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An Illinois State University teaching assistant has been fired after he was captured on video flipping a Turning Point USA table and tearing up the group's flyers.—
Peter D'Abrosca,
FOXNews.com,
20 Oct. 2025
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Newsom’s warning follows a letter sent by the California Department of Social Services advising welfare directors and CalFresh specialists in all 58 counties that the federal government would not be able to pay November 2025 SNAP benefits.—
Kate Wolffe,
Sacbee.com,
21 Oct. 2025
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Wagner recouped her losses by starting a financial-advising business oriented toward women.—
Katy Waldman,
New Yorker,
20 Oct. 2025
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Last week, Universal Music Group Chairman and CEO Lucian Grainge sent a memo to his staff outlining the efforts being made to develop commercial opportunities related to Gen AI to benefit songwriters and artists and generate new revenue.—
Steven J. Horowitz,
Variety,
16 Oct. 2025
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The deal includes a 20-point proposal and a formal declaration co-signed by regional leaders, outlining a vision for peace, stability and reconstruction across the region.—
Cameron Schoppa,
MSNBC Newsweek,
16 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Kleinschmidt’s sessions, with their assistance in permitting him to air these childhood traumas and the interplay of insight and folly in Freudianism, was the stew out of which emerged the novel that made Roth a household name.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
20 Oct. 2025
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The Salvation Army provides breakfast to the public, shelter, utility assistance, and a food pantry, among other services.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
20 Oct. 2025
Verb
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The shared ambivalence of all of these critics was telling.—
Spencer Kornhaber,
The Atlantic,
17 Oct. 2025
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Ye Fan for The New York Times Caroline Palmer was telling the story of how she got hired at Vogue in 2001 when a waitress at Tierney’s Tavern plunked two pints of beer and a pile of glistening onion rings on the table between us.—
New York Times,
New York Times,
17 Oct. 2025
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Plus, many of our recommendations double as decorative accents for a kitchen.—
Yelena Moroz Alpert,
Architectural Digest,
15 Oct. 2025
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Not long ago, Ma sent us recommendations for three books that have contributed to his thinking on this theme—books that interrogate timeless aspects of human nature, our complex relationships to one another, and our entanglement with the natural world.—
The New Yorker,
New Yorker,
15 Oct. 2025
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“Briefing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/briefing. Accessed 23 Oct. 2025.
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