Sentence examples for were briefings from inspiring English sources
noun
A short and concise summary of a situation.
- The president received a briefing on the situation before going to the press conference.
The briefing before President Bush's recent trip to Russia, Georgia and Latvia (with a brief stop in the Netherlands) was on the record, as were briefings during the trip.
The official said that meetings with Mr. Wolfowitz and Mr. Feith were briefings rather than interviews.
Also among the documents released on Friday were briefings given to Hillary Clinton before meetings with senior congressmen on Capitol Hill to discuss the plans in 1993.
When the Italian was in charge of Chelsea, there were briefings given against him in the spring of 2004, saying that he would be sacked by the owner Roman Abramovich, come what may, in the summer of that year.
There had been briefings about how Britain would play a key role in eliminating the jihadist leadership.
"Gordon," the First Secretary replied in his silky smooth voice, "you will find that there are briefings, there are leaks, and then there is seepage.
And one of the remarkable aspects of the last five years of the Liberal Democrat-Conservative coalition is that leaks have been relatively rare – even if there have been briefings and counter briefings, some licensed and some less so.
First there were the briefings and the counter-briefings by the unelected spin doctors.
There were routine briefings with the very top people, the Secretary of Defense among them.
In the first quarter of 2012 there were 88 briefings, 265 portfolio presentations and 1,625 introductions.
There were no briefings or counseling.
