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Wall Street is still getting familiar with Warsh’s curt style and dislike of providing forward guidance.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 27, 2026

A few unnecessarily curt speech interruptions threatened the calm, but mainly, this was a smoothly run machine of a show, devoid of mishaps.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 16, 2026

If time doesn’t allow for this, Fitzgerald says, it is often considered better to slip away than to appear rushed or insincere in a curt goodbye.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 13, 2026

When asked directly whether the administration has a social media problem during Tuesday’s press briefing, Leavitt’s answer was a curt “No.”

From Salon ● Feb. 11, 2026

If he spoke, she would respond in the most curt, icily polite way.

From "It All Comes Down to This" by Karen English

Karim gave a curt reply in Russian, which the soldier returned with an even curter retort.

From "The Kite Runner" by Khaled Hosseini

Maybe the possessive form of address: "Mon general," "mon capitaine," helps the idea, which our men cloke in other and curter phrases.

From France at War On the Frontier of Civilization by Rudyard Kipling

Frederick was younger than the other men too; but his manner was, if anything, curter.

From The Happy End by Joseph Hergesheimer

"See here, Mr. Jarnock," I said, perhaps rather curter than I should have done, considering what I had to say.

From Carnacki, the Ghost Finder by William Hope Hodgson

The woman’s voice was curter, and the uninviting muzzle of a bull-terrier was thrust out between the door and the woman’s skirts.

From Seven Miles to Arden by Ruth Sawyer

Luis Enrique thought for a couple of seconds, looked straight back at the questioner, and gave the curtest of replies.

From Fox News ● Jul. 5, 2021

He came from behind a sea of maps to grant the curtest interview I have ever had.

From Time Magazine Archive

"We have finished our business—and Mr. Lathrop I am sure will excuse me—I must get some letters off by post—" And with the curtest of bows she disappeared.

From Delia Blanchflower by Mrs. Humphry Ward

The Dauphin had already mounted when La Mothe and Villon crossed the roadway with their horses following, led by drunken Michel's substitute, and his greeting to both was of the curtest.

From The Justice of the King by Hamilton Drummond

I made some obligatory enquiries, in my capacity of host, but my unwelcome guest gave me only the curtest of replies.

From In Jeopardy by Van Tassel Sutphen