as in conciseness
the quality or state of being marked by or using only few words to convey much meaning
the essay is a marvel of concision and clarity
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Recent Examples of concision
But each of them also shares a similar challenge: concision.
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Jerry Weissman, Forbes, 10 Sep. 2024
This excerpt has been edited for concision and clarity.
—Longreads, 26 Nov. 2024
While lacking the bigger film’s dimension of political commentary, its restraint and concision make for a narrative that heads somewhere pointed, rather than being primarily a vehicle for escalating action climaxes.
—Dennis Harvey, Variety, 26 Sep. 2024
Harold and the Purple Crayon makes the classic Hollywood mistake of taking a story that was lovely because of its concision and simplicity and turns it into a movie that is overly long and complicated for no good reason.
—Jen Chaney, Vulture, 2 Aug. 2024
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Jerry Weissman, Forbes, 10 Sep. 2024
This excerpt has been edited for concision and clarity.
—Longreads, 26 Nov. 2024
While lacking the bigger film’s dimension of political commentary, its restraint and concision make for a narrative that heads somewhere pointed, rather than being primarily a vehicle for escalating action climaxes.
—Dennis Harvey, Variety, 26 Sep. 2024
Harold and the Purple Crayon makes the classic Hollywood mistake of taking a story that was lovely because of its concision and simplicity and turns it into a movie that is overly long and complicated for no good reason.
—Jen Chaney, Vulture, 2 Aug. 2024
See all Example Sentences for concision
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“Concision.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/concision. Accessed 1 Feb. 2025.
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