aphoristic

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for aphoristic
Adjective
  • Another area of potential improvement is customization to align with a provider's writing style — concise versus verbose — or way of thinking.
    Erin Brodwin, Axios, 3 Feb. 2025
  • Grab an Excel spreadsheet and create a concise budget that includes savings.
    Essence, Essence, 1 Feb. 2025
Adjective
  • But his dunk kicked off six straight points to start the third quarter, and Golden State didn’t trail again until Orlando rallied to reclaim a brief lead midway through the fourth quarter.
    Evan Webeck, Orlando Sentinel, 4 Feb. 2025
  • Following a brief fake-out, it’s revealed Owen survived his injuries sustained during the emergency, and has left the 126 to return to New York.
    Jennifer Maas, Variety, 4 Feb. 2025
Adjective
  • 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
  • It was delivered to the Task Force five days past the deadline, and contained less than four and half pages, more than half of which consisted of summary narratives.
    Chris Pandolfo, Fox News, 19 Nov. 2024
Adjective
  • Though its action is depicted crisply and clearly, its epigrammatic shots aim straight for the viewer’s unconscious, making only glancing contact with the rational mind.
    Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 23 Dec. 2024
  • 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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“Aphoristic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/aphoristic. Accessed 18 Feb. 2025.

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