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Discover LudwigThe phrase "a brief item" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when referring to a short piece of information, news, or an object that is concise in nature.
Example: "The newsletter included a brief item about the upcoming community event."
Alternatives: "a short piece" or "a concise entry".
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A brief item referring to a related article inside.
By June 30, a brief item said the World Jewish Congress put the death toll at one million.
A brief item about the dinner appeared in The Daily News on May 18, in Mitchell Fink's gossip column.
A brief item on April 13 about developments in homeland security gave a misleading figure for the number of Americans who subscribe to a mobile phone service.
Browsing The Japan Times, she saw a brief item about elderly Chinese peasants planning to sue Japan for using bubonic plague as a weapon during World War II.
Two weeks after the theft of those three chubby-cheeked, red-hatted garden ornaments, a brief item in Police Beat reported a break in the case.
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Anyhow, the uncomfortable fact of the matter is that the village newspaper in question spent decades not really covering said matter, unless you count generously running a "news in brief item" about 20 paedophile priests.
A few brief items, and then to work.
The Modified Dental Anxiety Scale is a brief, 5 item questionnaire with a consistent answering scheme for each item ranging from 'not anxious' to 'extremely anxious' [ 3].
The DASS-21 is a brief 21 item version of the full DASS, which originally consisted of 42 items.
It is a brief 26-item questionnaire, including 2 items for general quality of life and health status and another 24 items categorized into 4 domains (physical, psychological, social, and environmental).
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