brief appearance

collocation in English

meaningsofbriefandappearance

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brief
adjective
uk
/briːf/
us
/briːf/
lasting only a short time or containing ...
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appearance
noun
uk
/əˈpɪə.rəns/
us
/əˈpɪr.əns/
an occasion when someone appears ...
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(Definition ofbriefandappearancefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Rap dominated this competition, with only abriefappearanceof ragga singing style in one performance.
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Despite itsbriefappearance, it will give both participants in this ceremony information about the woman's past, present, and future condition.
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Abaranger for abriefappearance.
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This effect can be just observed at the start of the note where the third harmonic enters first, with abriefappearanceof the fourth harmonic, before the f0 component.
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I am glad to see him this evening on thisbriefappearanceafter several hours of debate.
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But he makes the most of hisbriefappearance.
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In this first,briefappearance, they were not named.
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In the anime, she only makes abriefappearance.
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Herbriefappearancewas filmed over several days during the summer of 1922.
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She retired from the stage in 1940, except for abriefappearancein 1948.
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Robots also made abriefappearanceas a poem at this historic gig.
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She made abriefappearancein the first series, and plays a role in the third.
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Though she had no dialogues, she madebriefappearanceon the anime, too.
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Finally, notice is taken of abriefappearancemade by a cat.
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It makes abriefappearanceas early as his first symphony in 1764.
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The reason for thisbriefappearancecomes from a scene deleted from the final film.
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The other two band members make abriefappearancein cartoon form.
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She makes only a verybriefappearancein the movie, toward the end.
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Thebriefappearanceof a child's nurse, and other servants, help establish the social setting.
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The original arcade game makes abriefappearancehere as well.
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Buffy makes abriefappearanceand the big, tough guys go running.
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Delilah is absent from the second series except abriefappearancein the first episode.
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Later the real writers put in abriefappearancein the show when the truth comes to light.
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The second exception applies only to a relief pitcher who makes abriefappearanceand is himself later relieved.
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