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briefs 1 of 2

noun

plural of brief

as in summaries

a short statement of the main points a one-page brief of the intelligence report

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as in missions

a specific task with which a person or group is charged the soldiers' brief was to secure the village from enemy attacks

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briefs

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verb

present tense third-person singular of brief

as in informs

to give information to the lieutenant briefed his superior officers on the state of the enemy's fortifications

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as in summarizes

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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Recent Examples of briefs

Noun

The court asked both sides to file briefs in the case, in which basketball player Filip Borovićanin is the lead plaintiff, by next Monday. — ABC News, 16 Oct. 2026 The reply follows opposition briefs from the Puyallup School District, Washington’s Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction and the Washington Interscholastic Activities Association. — Jackson Thompson Outkick, FOXNews.com, 16 Oct. 2026 With the appeal now filed, the next steps are expected to include briefs, possible oral arguments and a decision on whether to grant a stay of the injunction. — Gary Bedore, Kansas City Star, 15 Oct. 2026 Bonta has instead joined amicus briefs in eight lawsuits against prediction markets. — Scott Lebar. Story Produced With Ai Assistance, Sacbee.com, 15 Oct. 2026 Margaret Hu, a professor at the William and Mary School of Law, said one issue to look for was raised by states supporting the deployment in court briefs. — Gary Fields, Los Angeles Times, 14 Oct. 2026 The statement-making shoes accompanied an edgy lingerie look featuring a lacy bralette and briefs with corset-like lacing. — Jaden Thompson, Footwear News, 12 Oct. 2026 At digital marketing and advertising agency PMG, graduate candidates are asked to complete practical exercises in person, work in teams and tackle client briefs. — Lindsay Dodgson, CNBC, 30 Sep. 2026 The court also received amicus briefs from members of the Block the Merger coalition and from the League of United Latin American Citizens, both of which raised a series of objections to the deal. — Gene Maddaus, Variety, 28 Sep. 2026

Verb

Friday briefs them on Paladin, the latest in a centuries-long line of extremely dedicated bounty hunters. — Tasha Robinson, Vulture, 14 Oct. 2026 The Navy regularly briefs Courtney on classified matters in his position as ranking member of the House Armed Services Committee’s Seapower subcommittee, which oversees the country’s top defense priority, the Columba ballistic missile submarines built by Electric Boat in Groton. — Edmund H. Mahony, Hartford Courant, 18 Jan. 2026 The trailer immediately briefs fans that season 10 is going to be an emotional rollercoaster. — Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 13 Jan. 2026 No coach in any other sport has the media responsibilities of a major league manager, who briefs the media before and after every game and occasionally has to answer (or deflect) questions that should be answered by the front office. — Jim Alexander, Oc Register, 29 Aug. 2025

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Noun

With a Bee Pro subscription, which costs $12 per month, users can get unlimited conversation summaries and daily memories as well as integrations with Amazon's webstore, its Alexa+ AI assistant and third-party apps.

— Annie Palmer, CNBC, 15 Oct. 2026
The rollout includes Genmoji, notification summaries, Writing Tools, and the Clean Up photo-editing tool.

— Beatrice Nolan, Fortune, 15 Oct. 2026

Definition of summaries

Noun

This can include missions like delivering combat divers into contested regions.

— Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 17 Oct. 2026
Flight operations are managed by Lockheed Martin’s MATRIX autonomy system, allowing operators to command missions from a tablet without continuous continuous control or monitoring.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 16 Oct. 2026

Definition of missions

Verb

In addition to scaring the bejesus out of Hamlet and demanding blood, the ghost informs the audience exactly how the murder occurred.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 13 Oct. 2026
The facility lacks a verifiable method that informs food employees of their responsibility to report their health status in regards to illnesses that can spread through food.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 12 Oct. 2026

Definition of informs

Verb

Giuffra on Friday also referred to a Cornell document that summarizes key evidence included in a university disciplinary panel’s decision.

— Rebekah Riess, CNN Money, 2 Oct. 2026
The film ends with Kaczynski being apprehended, and summarizes the years to follow via text on the screen.

— Jane LaCroix, PEOPLE, 26 Sep. 2026

Definition of summarizes

Noun

In this new 34-page complaint filed on October 16 in the state Supreme Court, Amy Helm alleges that Parillo took control of LHS by way of voting assignments.

— Nina Corcoran, Pitchfork, 20 Oct. 2026
This defense needs to find a way to make quarterbacks uncomfortable without becoming blitz crazy, and that means Chop Robinson, Josh Uche and Malik Herring must step up and win more of their 1-on-1 assignments.

— Omar Kelly, Miami Herald, 18 Oct. 2026

Definition of assignments

Verb

Inside, Kaylee is eager to prove herself by really learning laundry and nailing it; Fraser advises her to come up with a system and stick to it.

— Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 13 Oct. 2026
This summer, Kennedy’s health department appointed doctors with financial stakes in the peptide industry to a panel that advises the FDA.

— CNN Money, CNN Money, 13 Oct. 2026

Definition of advises

Verb

The nonprofit Stand Up for Stand Up posted a detailed breakdown of the data that outlines a 66% shrinkage in the SiriusXM Raw channel roster.

— Christina Catherine Martinez, Los Angeles Times, 8 Oct. 2026
The letter outlines 10 conditions that could help alleviate antitrust concerns.

— Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 6 Oct. 2026

Definition of outlines

Noun

The protection of American jobs justified the chains of bondage, or so the argument went.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 16 Oct. 2026
Engagement is often seen as a metric about sentiment that can be measured and tracked, but is treated as something employees bring—or fail to bring—to their jobs.

— Amanda Gerut, Fortune, 16 Oct. 2026

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