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marked by the use of few words to convey much information or meaning
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Recent Examples of succinct
Everyone is told before the show, be succinct, be memorable.
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Michael Schneider, Variety, 3 Mar. 2025
She’s equally given to long, sometimes meandering stories and profoundly succinct expressions of complex ideas.
—Jillian Steinhauer, Vulture, 13 Dec. 2024
Communications need to be succinct, direct and transparent.
—Expert Panel®, Forbes, 25 Feb. 2025
And, to be succinct, shows like A Different World, Black-ish, The Fresh Prince of Bel Air, and The Cosby Show are staples in my home.
—Lynnette Nicholas, Parents, 6 Feb. 2025
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Michael Schneider, Variety, 3 Mar. 2025
She’s equally given to long, sometimes meandering stories and profoundly succinct expressions of complex ideas.
—Jillian Steinhauer, Vulture, 13 Dec. 2024
Communications need to be succinct, direct and transparent.
—Expert Panel®, Forbes, 25 Feb. 2025
And, to be succinct, shows like A Different World, Black-ish, The Fresh Prince of Bel Air, and The Cosby Show are staples in my home.
—Lynnette Nicholas, Parents, 6 Feb. 2025
See All Example Sentences for succinct
Recent Examples of Synonyms for succinct
Adjective
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This Side of the Island is a more concise and conceptual effort, compared to his last full-length, 2020’s The Loves of Your Life, which is a masterpiece of musical storytelling.—
Frank DiGiacomo,
Billboard,
10 Mar. 2025
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Keeping prices down Bartell, who is the president of Bartell Hotels and the chairman of the San Diego Tourism Marketing District, attributes the extended success of Humphreys to a concise plan.—
George Varga,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
9 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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As a result, his answers are brief and not all that stimulating.—
Kevin Kurz,
The Athletic,
14 Mar. 2025
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The brief hearing, which focused on thorny jurisdictional issues, drew hundreds of demonstrators to the federal courthouse in lower Manhattan to denounce the Saturday arrest of Khalil, a permanent U.S. resident who is married to an American citizen.—
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13 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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Organized labor wanted to institute procedural reforms to ensure that officers were given opportunities to correct bad behavior before being let go—no more summary firings.—
Marc J. Dunkelman,
TIME,
27 Feb. 2025
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Sure enough, the summary destruction of that lonely Russian tank became fodder for the Phoenix drone group’s social media team.—
David Axe,
Forbes,
16 Jan. 2025
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“Succinct.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/succinct. Accessed 24 Mar. 2025.
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