as in brusqueness
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Noun
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Tengbjerg, a fifty-one-year-old former pro soccer player from Denmark, is fit and trim, with a mischievous, no-nonsense brusqueness not generally associated with massage therapists.—
Sarah Larson,
New Yorker,
8 Sep. 2025
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There’s a bluntness to GALE’s lyrics that makes her music refreshingly relatable.—
Tere Aguilera,
Billboard,
12 Sep. 2025
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The timing and bluntness of Musk’s statement ignited social platforms, as supporters and skeptics alike debated the possibility of corporate malfeasance or cover-up.—
Preston Fore,
Fortune,
11 Sep. 2025
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Soliman is known as an elegant dresser, but his apartment was in bachelor-pad disarray, a reflection of his long hours at the hospital and the abruptness of his detention, said his friends, also clerics.—
Hannah Allam,
ProPublica,
10 Sep. 2025
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So Gonzales and the partners depending on Strength CTIP, which was designed as a five-year project, were shocked by the abruptness with which the USAID funding was cut off earlier this year.—
Christine Ro,
Forbes.com,
10 Sep. 2025
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“Curtness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/curtness. Accessed 19 Sep. 2025.
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