briefing
Military. a short, factual oral summary of the details of a current or projected military operation given to the participants or observers.
any set of concise instructions or a summary of events.
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Perhaps 20 families around the world would meet these strict criteria, Michèle Ramsay, a human geneticist at the University of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg, said September 3 during a news briefing.
Strict new guidelines lay out a path to heritable human gene editing | Tina Hesman Saey | September 3, 2020 | Science NewsThe officials held a press briefing with more than 50 people crowding into a room in an emergency operations center.
Trump and his top aides have stopped wearing masks after a brief effort | Rachel Schallom | September 3, 2020 | FortuneThe county hastily called a press conference Friday to talk about the change, but one of its own, Supervisor Nathan Fletcher, boycotted the briefing.
Morning Report: MTS Rejects Many Who Applied for Disabled Fare Reductions | Voice of San Diego | August 31, 2020 | Voice of San DiegoAfter a safety briefing, my coworkers and I were split into crews of five to six people, and we were assigned three to five aircraft.
What I learned from 5 years of cleaning airplanes in the middle of the night | matthewheimer | August 30, 2020 | FortuneThe county hastily called a press briefing for the afternoon, announcing that Public Health Officer Wilma Wooten and County Supervisor Nathan Fletcher would present.
Politics Report: Bry vs. Transit | Andrew Keatts and Scott Lewis | August 29, 2020 | Voice of San Diego
Specifically, what briefing did the flight crew receive before they went to the airplane?
Annoying Airport Delays Might Prevent You From Becoming the Next AirAsia 8501 | Clive Irving | January 6, 2015 | THE DAILY BEASTSchiff told The Daily Beast that he was given a classified briefing about the Sony attack from the intelligence community Friday.
Obama Could Hit China to Punish North Korea | Shane Harris, Tim Mak | December 20, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTTheir speech was met “very warmly, with applause,” according to bishops briefing the press afterwards.
The Vatican's Same-Sex Synod: The Bishops Hear About Reality. Do They Listen? | Barbie Latza Nadeau | October 12, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTIt borrows its title from a statement former Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld made at a press briefing in 2012.
They spoke anonymously as a condition of giving the briefing.
This Is Obama’s U.N. Plan to Choke Off ISIS’s Recruits | Kimberly Dozier | September 22, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTIn the silence of the briefing room, it seemed to be ticking much too loudly.
The Judas Valley | Gerald VanceSometime during the discussion, she made coffee, and first Randolph, then the Kid came in for briefing.
Police Your Planet | Lester del ReyBecause of your little expedition, we have to tell you more now than we tell any of our men before the final briefing.
The Time Traders | Andre NortonEither someone slipped up in his briefing, or the Reds are overconfident and don't care about the rules.
The Time Traders | Andre NortonPeter Wayne made use of his extra few inches of height to glance around the briefing room.
The Judas Valley | Gerald Vance
British Dictionary definitions for briefing
/ (ˈbriːfɪŋ) /
a meeting at which detailed information or instructions are given, as for military operations, etc
the facts presented during such a meeting
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