Briefer

Displayed on the immense luminous wall screen behind the briefer was a planform depiction of the planetary system. ❋ Gier, Scott (2005)

What happens in the presidential daily briefing is that the president asks questions of the briefer, which is usually Tenet on Monday through Friday. ❋ Truckeratlas (2004)

I mean, this is the toughest it's been in my sixteen years here, and it's not merely that as Tom says, it's a small group and Secretary Rumsfeld has really become the daily briefer, which is kind of bizarre for the Secretary of Defense. ❋ Unknown (2001)

The briefing is on the record and your briefer is our Ambassador to the Philippines, Tom Hubbard. ❋ ITY National Archives (1996)

It is at least as likely, if not more so, that the briefer is the earlier, rather than the fuller. ❋ Unknown (1871)

"While we were talking a briefer from the National Security Council came in, and I excused myself," Axelrod recalled. ❋ Unknown (2011)

This column is much briefer than any Christmas tale, but I hope it's just as warming. ❋ Unknown (2011)

That – combined with the fact that we blow through these massive AAA titles in much briefer time periods somehow these days – means that game music leaves less of an impression than it used to, I think. ❋ SVGL (2009)

But the idyll that had begun in sunshine was still there, its unhurried days, though briefer now, as much a pleasure. ❋ Unknown (2011)

Many of the details of Harlem's political life could have been set aside, and some of the portraits of its most notable and familiar figures - Malcolm X, Bayard Rustin, Marcus Garvey, Father Divine, Langston Hughes, Adam Clayton Powell Jr. et al. - would have lost nothing by being briefer. ❋ Unknown (2011)

In 1999, when W Magazine named Mr. Sperling the most eligible bachelor in Washington, White House press secretary Joe Lockhart stepped to the podium to the music of "The Dating Game": "Please welcome our first briefer today — he loves tennis, rapid GDP growth and romantic midnight walks on West Executive Drive." ❋ Jonathan Weisman (2011)

And at the end of the presentation he'll ask the one question that shows he understands the topic as well as the briefer, if not better. ❋ Michael Takiff (2010)

I offer her another smile, this one briefer, warmer. ❋ Unknown (2010)

But, anyway, the answers are a little briefer and clearer, I think? ❋ Unknown (2009)

He had received briefings on the Al Qaeda threat to America, and famously told one national security briefer from his ranch "OK, you've covered your ass," as he left to go shoot some golf. ❋ Chris Weigant (2011)

"We started making the readings briefer to set us apart from other stores," said Amanda Lyndon, who runs the discussions at the Tenement Museum Shop. ❋ Joanne Kaufman (2011)

But to give this project its greatest possible effect, he has one more book to write: a briefer account that ties together an argument now presented in 800 pages and that avoids the few topics about which Mr. Pinker has not done careful research. ❋ James Q. Wilson (2011)

Thought the word "[dysfunctional]" is more common and has 1 [syllable] less, the word "inoperative" is briefer. The first has 13 letters and 4 [syllables], the second has 11 letters and 5 syllables. ❋ But For (2019)

So my friend [Stacy] is coming tonight, she's a bit of a [briefer]. She makes really shit jokes and gets [wasted] on 2 drinks. ❋ Leelee06 (2018)