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Recent Examples of brain wave
Tied to the latter are declines in the speed and the complexity of brain waves that are a lot like the declines seen in sleeping or unconscious brains.
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Sam Walters, Discover Magazine, 24 Apr. 2025
The firm, which has raised $25 million, has developed a helmet that can read brain waves and track eye movements, part of a brain-computer interface market that could grow to $80 billion by 2035, according to Morgan Stanley.
—Danielle Chemtob, Forbes, 12 Mar. 2025
The quiet bursts of staticky pink noise are supposed to disrupt those brain waves, encouraging your brain to sink closer to sleep.
—Maggie Ryan, Flow Space, 10 Mar. 2025
Neuro procedures are always the scariest, because the surgeons are basically poking around in a little black box and staring at brain waves and hoping their patients don’t wake up partially lobotomized.
—Laura Bradley, Vulture, 4 Apr. 2025
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Sam Walters, Discover Magazine, 24 Apr. 2025
The firm, which has raised $25 million, has developed a helmet that can read brain waves and track eye movements, part of a brain-computer interface market that could grow to $80 billion by 2035, according to Morgan Stanley.
—Danielle Chemtob, Forbes, 12 Mar. 2025
The quiet bursts of staticky pink noise are supposed to disrupt those brain waves, encouraging your brain to sink closer to sleep.
—Maggie Ryan, Flow Space, 10 Mar. 2025
Neuro procedures are always the scariest, because the surgeons are basically poking around in a little black box and staring at brain waves and hoping their patients don’t wake up partially lobotomized.
—Laura Bradley, Vulture, 4 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for brain wave
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Under unitary executive theory, there are few exceptions to the president’s authority.—
Naomi Lim,
The Washington Examiner,
28 June 2025
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During May 15 oral arguments, none of the justices voiced support for the Trump administration’s theory that the president’s order is consistent with the 14th Amendment’s citizenship clause and past Supreme Court decisions about that provision.—
Sara Chernikoff,
USA Today,
28 June 2025
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But 63% of respondents rated call spoofing among their top five challenges in outbound voice and the second most common hypothesis as to why existing customers are not answering calls.—
James Garvert,
Forbes.com,
20 June 2025
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Oddly enough, a different kind of neutrino, called a tau neutrino, is one hypothesis that some scientists have put forth as the cause of the anomalous signals.—
Ashley Strickland,
CNN Money,
20 June 2025
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The question of where atoms comes from requires a lot of physics to be answered completely – and even then, physicists like me only have good guesses to explain how some atoms are formed.—
Stephen L. Levy,
The Conversation,
23 June 2025
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Where Iran could turn to rebuild its decimated air defenses, when the smoke from this war finally clears, is anyone’s guess.—
Paul Iddon,
Forbes.com,
22 June 2025
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Aperture is the brainchild of Robert Palmer, who tapped Michael Valdes, formerly global vice president of Sotheby’s for 15 years, and Mercedes Saewitz, former principal broker and founding agent at Compass, to head up the company.—
Vinod Sreeharsha,
Miami Herald,
28 June 2025
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The show, which launched on Netflix in March, was the brainchild of Indiana Production co-founder Fabrizio Donvito and the company’s Head of Film and TV Daniel Campos Pavoncelli.—
Melanie Goodfellow,
Deadline,
25 June 2025
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Inside, the truck has a completely custom trim and takes inspiration from the motorsport world with bright green stitching, a green center line marking at the top of the steering wheel and green seatbelts.—
Trinity Francis,
Forbes.com,
29 June 2025
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Oh my gosh, that would be an incredible inspiration.—
Katcy Stephan,
Variety,
29 June 2025
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And Princess Beatrice’s newest public appearance only added to that speculation.—
Lissete Lanuza Sáenz,
StyleCaster,
21 June 2025
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President Trump has raised speculation that the U.S. might soon join Israel's conflict with Iran.—
Armstrong Williams,
Baltimore Sun,
20 June 2025
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In the absence of a culprit, rumor, speculation and conjecture took hold amid a press feeding frenzy.—
Stewart Clarke,
Deadline,
25 June 2025
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With a sense of flair and confidence, many of these prognostications can be easily misread as somehow a bushel of facts and knowns, rather than a bundle of opinions and conjecture.—
Lance Eliot,
Forbes.com,
12 June 2025
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African American history has already demonstrated the strength of the holiday and the conviction of its followers.—
Andrew Stanton,
MSNBC Newsweek,
19 June 2025
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The controversial law, which was overwhelmingly passed by voters as a ballot initiative, became a complicating factor for law enforcement agencies and prosecutors, leading to fewer arrests and convictions.—
Kate Nishimura,
Sourcing Journal,
18 June 2025
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“Brain wave.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/brain%20wave. Accessed 3 Jul. 2025.
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