curtness

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for curtness
Noun
  • Tengbjerg, a fifty-one-year-old former pro soccer player from Denmark, is fit and trim, with a mischievous, no-nonsense brusqueness not generally associated with massage therapists.
    Sarah Larson, New Yorker, 8 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • There’s a bluntness to GALE’s lyrics that makes her music refreshingly relatable.
    Tere Aguilera, Billboard, 12 Sep. 2025
  • The timing and bluntness of Musk’s statement ignited social platforms, as supporters and skeptics alike debated the possibility of corporate malfeasance or cover-up.
    Preston Fore, Fortune, 11 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • In contrast, the abruptness of Kimmel’s suspension has sent shock waves throughout Hollywood.
    Inkoo Kang, New Yorker, 19 Sep. 2025
  • Soliman is known as an elegant dresser, but his apartment was in bachelor-pad disarray, a reflection of his long hours at the hospital and the abruptness of his detention, said his friends, also clerics.
    Hannah Allam, ProPublica, 10 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Luzzatto said the relative shortness of that term is scaring away capital.
    Matthew Geiger, Denver Post, 19 Sep. 2025
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“Curtness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/curtness. Accessed 29 Sep. 2025.

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