as in briefly
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Adverb
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They got engaged in 2012, broke up briefly, then rekindled their romance and married in December 2018.—
Jonathan Granoff,
Newsweek,
29 Jan. 2025 -
Following the news, 23andMe’s stock — which already fell 82% last year — dropped another 10% in after-hours trading and was briefly halted.—
Bruce Gil,
Quartz,
29 Jan. 2025
Adverb
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But prosecutors made a disclosure shortly before opening arguments began Friday that could upend that approach.—
James Queally,
Los Angeles Times,
25 Jan. 2025
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The crash occurred on the northbound side of the highway just prior to Exit 90 shortly before 11:15 p.m., according to Connecticut State Police.—
Justin Muszynski,
Hartford Courant,
24 Jan. 2025
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On Monday, the US Office of Management and Budget (which encompasses Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE) sent a memo abruptly freezing all grants and loans disbursed by the federal government.—
Zoë Schiffer,
WIRED,
29 Jan. 2025
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But in the final days of deliberation last year, commissioners abruptly removed this requirement.—
Natalie Wallington,
Kansas City Star,
29 Jan. 2025
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“Monosyllabically.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/monosyllabically. Accessed 6 Feb. 2025.
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