1
as in genius
a very smart person
the brains all sit together at lunch
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2
as in intelligence
often brains plural
the ability to learn and understand or to deal with problems
you have the brains to figure out that problem on your own
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as in mind
the part of a person that feels, thinks, perceives, wills, and especially reasons
I'd love to get inside his brain and experience the world as he experiences it
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as in to skull
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Recent Examples of brain
Discover Magazine, 26 Apr. 2025
That was the last moving part in unblocking my brain to be able to release a song.
—Daniela Avila, People.com, 25 Apr. 2025
Jacek Krywko, Ars Technica, 3 Apr. 2024
The new set of donors, by contrast, come from the first category and are not brain dead.
—Joseph Goldstein, New York Times, 22 Nov. 2023
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Noun
But what is happening in the brain when a person is deep into their phone?
—Discover Magazine, 26 Apr. 2025
That was the last moving part in unblocking my brain to be able to release a song.
—Daniela Avila, People.com, 25 Apr. 2025
Verb
Space snake brains Joysticking EELS around on Enceladus was out of the question due to the huge communication lag, so the team went for nearly complete autonomy.
—Jacek Krywko, Ars Technica, 3 Apr. 2024
The new set of donors, by contrast, come from the first category and are not brain dead.
—Joseph Goldstein, New York Times, 22 Nov. 2023
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for brain
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The driving force behind college pricing is not some evil genius at Harvard or Penn.—
Ron Lieber,
New York Times,
1 May 2025
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Joseph Phelps Vineyards Joseph Phelps was an agricultural visionary, construction genius and excellence seeker who founded his namesake wine brand in the early 1970s.—
Katie Sweeney,
Forbes.com,
30 Apr. 2025
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Roughly 600 North Korean troops have been killed fighting alongside Russia against Ukraine, South Korean lawmakers said on Wednesday, citing the country's intelligence agency.—
Landon Mion,
FOXNews.com,
30 Apr. 2025
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For example, digital intelligence can infer customer perceptions through non-survey channels such as online interactions.—
Forrester,
Forbes.com,
30 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Trust in Trump’s economy slips, new poll finds Many Americans voted with their wallets front of mind during the 2024 presidential election.—
Rebecca Morin,
USA Today,
24 Apr. 2025
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Concerns about such performance reviews were also top of mind at the conference.—
Jeanne Meister,
Forbes.com,
23 Apr. 2025
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And, most incredibly, not after skulling a bunker shot on the par-5 14th, then hacking out to 30 feet.—
Daniel Rapaport,
SI.com,
13 June 2019
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The ball was sitting on such tight grass that he easily could have chunked or skulled it.—
Daniel Rapaport,
SI.com,
17 June 2019
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Not long after addressing Harry Potter fans’ concerns that an American actor will play the British wizard Albus Dumbledore, John Lithgow is turning to a different criticism of his casting in HBO‘s Potter series: backlash over boarding a project exec-produced by J.K. Rowling.—
Rebecca Luther,
TVLine,
28 Apr. 2025
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Chris recruits Brax to help as well as a room of brilliant computer wizards led by Justine, Chris' partner with nonverbal autism who communicates via a British computer voice.—
Brian Truitt,
USA Today,
25 Apr. 2025
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Sufi stories rely on metaphor, rhythm, repetition, and lyricism, to penetrate not just the cerebral intellect but the intellect of the heart.—
Sonya Rehman,
Forbes.com,
26 Apr. 2025
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For example, business writers, consider copywriter guru Herschell Gordon Lewis’s insight: Emotion outsells intellect.—
Chris John Amorosino,
Hartford Courant,
26 Apr. 2025
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But scarcity is a side effect of the psyche damage of marginalization.—
Tamerra Griffin,
New York Times,
1 May 2025
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Thunderbolts immediately draws viewers into the innermost parts of each character’s psyche and reveals that each one, despite their physical strength, is struggling with serious interpersonal issues.—
Lynnette Nicholas,
Parents,
30 Apr. 2025
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Multiple Royals expressed concern for India after he was beaned in Sunday’s series finale.—
Jaylon Thompson,
Kansas City Star,
31 Mar. 2025
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Her trance is rudely broken when Elliott beans the suffering animal with a tire iron, putting it out of its misery—maybe.—
Stephanie Zacharek,
Time,
28 Mar. 2025
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“Brain.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/brain. Accessed 8 May. 2025.
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