as in concise
marked by the use of few words to convey much information or meaning
retorted with the aphoristic comment, "No one said life is fair"
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These games foster sophisticated communication skills through various channels: Real-Time Coordination Players develop precise communication protocols, using clear, concise language to relay critical information.Cheryl Robinson, Forbes, 24 Oct. 2024
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This concise film provides no one perspective on repatriation, no singular prescriptive for how best to contend with the issues broached by the students shown on screen.Alex Greenberger, ARTnews.com, 24 Oct. 2024
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But beyond a brief reference, Iranian state television for hours offered no other details.JON GAMBRELL, TIME, 26 Oct. 2024
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Here's a brief outline of the process; the full recipe is further below: Step 1.Tiffany Vickers Davis, Southern Living, 26 Oct. 2024
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The Virtual Assistant was able to relay what participants said almost perfectly, as well as break things down into summary topics.Robert Anderson, PCMAG, 23 Sep. 2024
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April 3 — Ukraine discovers Russian atrocities in Bucha Russia's hasty retreat from Kyiv's suburbs revealed evidence of summary executions, beheadings, torture, rape, and other atrocities.Peter Weber, theweek, 14 May 2024
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Life of Samuel Johnson by James Boswell (1791) The best and most entertaining biography ever written in English — addictive for its prescient, informal, racy prose and Johnson's epigrammatic precision and enduring decency.The Week Staff, The Week, 20 Mar. 2023
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Dylan is helplessly epigrammatic.Dwight Garner, New York Times, 7 Nov. 2022
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“Aphoristic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/aphoristic. Accessed 9 Nov. 2024.
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