1
as in genius
a very smart person
the brains all sit together at lunch
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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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For the first time, people who have long adored his work finally understood his genius beyond just the writing and creating of great pictures.—
Stephanie Sengwe,
People.com,
19 Apr. 2025
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The genius of the banquet sequence is that, even if the festivities do mark a collective release of tension, as Lee the bit player notes, Lee the director insures that the pressure never stops building.—
Justin Chang,
New Yorker,
19 Apr. 2025
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Trump earlier this year shut off U.S. military assistance and intelligence sharing for nearly two weeks in the wake of an explosive Oval Office spat with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, who was arguing Putin was a deceptive negotiating partner.—
Laura Kelly,
The Hill,
18 Apr. 2025
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Local media report that several individuals formerly employed by senior DPP officials are under investigation in connection with Chinese intelligence efforts.—
Nicholas Creel,
MSNBC Newsweek,
18 Apr. 2025
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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
Verb
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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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Hashing things out with his tech wizard brother-in-law Maury (a shaggy Guy Pearce), Karsh wonders if ecological protesters or religious groups or competitors are upset with his global expansion plans, which include a lava field in Iceland.—
Robert Abele,
Los Angeles Times,
18 Apr. 2025
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Indeed, Wei advocates the CPA profession for not just math wizards, but anyone who aspires to lead a major corporation, citing a Fortune 500 study that found 38.5 percent of CEOs of the 500 had some kind of accounting background.—
Steel Rose, CPA,
Forbes.com,
15 Apr. 2025
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His omnivorous intellect went from one topic to another, exploring them in minute detail.—
Ilan Stavans,
The Atlantic,
15 Apr. 2025
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Gabriel has long funneled his capacious intellect and empathy into music.—
Hannah Edgar,
Chicago Tribune,
15 Apr. 2025
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They are rooted in our society, pun intended, but also have proven effects in our psyches as well, according to many studies.—
Sophie Liza Cannon,
Forbes.com,
14 Apr. 2025
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The anthrax attacks left a deep mark on the American psyche, hitting at a time when the nation was already in mourning.—
Peter White,
Deadline,
25 Mar. 2025
Verb
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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 2 May. 2025.
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