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briefing

[ bree-fing ]

noun

  1. Military. a short, factual oral summary of the details of a current or projected military operation given to the participants or observers.
  2. any set of concise instructions or a summary of events.


briefing

/ ˈːɪŋ /

noun

  1. a meeting at which detailed information or instructions are given, as for military operations, etc
  2. the facts presented during such a meeting
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of briefing1

First recorded in 1860–65; brief + -ing 1
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Council members, however, have received individual briefings on the act.

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Lee Zeldin, the EPA administrator, went so far as to call climate change a “religion” at a briefing in March, outlining steps his agency would undertake to deregulate.

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And you fight hard for it when that same White House starts rearranging its briefing room’s seating charts to curtail policy-challenging coverage by major media outlets, as it did on Monday.

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After that, the new policy will be “effective immediately,” White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt told reporters at a Tuesday news briefing.

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The prime minister's former chief of staff, now Lady Gray of Tottenham, was forced out after a vicious briefing campaign against her by colleagues and gave her maiden speech in the House of Lords yesterday.

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