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Meanings of brief in English
Lasting or existing for a short time only.
Synonyms
Examples for "passing"
Examples for "passing"
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Recent polling shows the proposed amendment stands a good chance of passing.
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Just passing through, on my way to a far, far better place.
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Engel said there was no point in passing North Korea legislation again.
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However, the window for passing the bill this year may be limited.
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Mr Key wants to build broad Parliamentary support before passing any legislation.
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It may be a transient animal or a resident animal, he said.
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However, this suppressive effect was transient and normalized by day 21 post-BMT.
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The postoperative course was uneventful except transient bradycardia immediately after the procedure.
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However, a transient low CD4 count is not uncommon in recent infections.
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Patients: One hundred consecutive patients with ischemic stroke and transient ischemic attack.
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Russia has agreed with Western powers that Syria needs a transitional government.
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There are serious government splits over the form of a transitional deal.
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It promises that the transitional period will lead to a democratic government.
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The source also said the opposition would participate in the transitional government.
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China is going to be suffering transitional problems for a long time.
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For one transitory moment, I think I may have actually seen it.
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It is vital that school staff are supported throughout this transitory period.
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If they are linked, let's hope the phenomenon is a transitory one.
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The life of human beings in this world is fleeting and transitory.
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So from the iron bracelet a voice tells of the transitory vision.
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However, it can be done without sacrificing the ephemeral for the essential.
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They are just one esoteric, perhaps ephemeral, way a league does business.
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Auden is saying that love, ephemeral in nature, becomes eternal in language.
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She looked strangely ephemeral, as if he was seeing her through water.
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Some seek eternal beauty, and place their ephemeral life in the infinite.
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Their happy day, however, is soon over; their fugacious petals shrivel in three or four days.
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The reporters made what they could of it, but, divested of padding, the action was sadly fugacious.
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The shortness of the twilight frequently leaves the fugacious planet, Mercury, so seldom seen at the north, in distinct view.
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In 1581 the Parliament prohibited its use "because the colours produced from it were of a fugacious character."
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Wagner and Chopin have a motor element in their music that is fiercer, intenser and more fugacious than that of all other composers.
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This renewed optimism was short-lived, however: he relapsed again four days later.
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However, the momentum was short-lived as the Bluejays grabbed control for good.
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Where that happened, it should be as short-lived as possible, he said.
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Some analysts cautioned however that the new found optimism might be short-lived.
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A known side effect of denosumab is hypocalcaemia, which is often short-lived.
Document used by an architect and the architect's client to clarify design needs and plans.
Usage of brief in English
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The brief market crash rattled investors already unhinged by the financial crisis.
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She certainly had experienced a great deal in a few brief weeks.
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Protesters and police have often negotiated brief truces to calm the situation.
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AH: I'm not sure that their brief is actually overcoming the violence.
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Malta will observe prevailing laws, its government said in a brief statement.
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Still, family members offered words of mercy during the brief court appearance.
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Cardi said he was scheduled to brief the Security Council later today.
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Gives brief history of political changes in China since the Cultural Revolution.
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Results of the brief test flight will be released today, he added.
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However, it was an option the government took out of the brief.
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It was an all-too-brief escape from the frightening reality of her situation.
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The recipe is brief; the labor it imposes is more than Herculean.
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In a new statement, HBO gave a brief character detail of Viserys.
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Results: The results showed a brief increase in p-NIK levels after ischemia.
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Mr Burch did not address the court during his brief hearing today.
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A brief instrument is needed to measure negative thinking in these patients.
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