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Recent Examples of brain wave
Advertisement Years ago, our lab showed in brain scans that listening to the same piece of music caused people's brain waves to synchronize.
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Lindsay A. Fleming, Time, 15 Aug. 2025
During this stage, the eyes move, brain wave activity reaches awake levels, breathing, heart rate, and blood pressure increase.
—Valerie Cacho, Verywell Health, 29 July 2025
Researchers can measure how well a person is sleeping by monitoring their brain wave patterns.
—Jon Hamilton, NPR, 16 July 2025
For instance, some brain waves during lucid dreams cross from one side of the other, or, within the same hemisphere, from one region to the other.
—Paul Smaglik, Discover Magazine, 21 Apr. 2025
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Lindsay A. Fleming, Time, 15 Aug. 2025
During this stage, the eyes move, brain wave activity reaches awake levels, breathing, heart rate, and blood pressure increase.
—Valerie Cacho, Verywell Health, 29 July 2025
Researchers can measure how well a person is sleeping by monitoring their brain wave patterns.
—Jon Hamilton, NPR, 16 July 2025
For instance, some brain waves during lucid dreams cross from one side of the other, or, within the same hemisphere, from one region to the other.
—Paul Smaglik, Discover Magazine, 21 Apr. 2025
See All Example Sentences for brain wave
Recent Examples of Synonyms for brain wave
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Supporting this theory is the shoe’s unique material composition and detailing.—
Riley Jones,
Footwear News,
15 Oct. 2025
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De Stijl’s theories were a product of their time.—
JSTOR Daily,
JSTOR Daily,
15 Oct. 2025
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Capturing a moment under specific conditions can help validate a hypothesis or guide mission changes.—
Suzanne Wright,
USA Today,
14 Oct. 2025
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The numbers appeared to back up his hypothesis, with the show welcoming 12,000 visitors over its four-day run, up from around 9,500 a year ago.—
Alex Wynne,
Footwear News,
13 Oct. 2025
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And in the comments of her introductory video, her team shoots down every plausible guess.—
Lisa Respers France,
CNN Money,
16 Oct. 2025
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The married filmmakers said their best guess currently puts him in Mexico.—
Matthew Carey,
Deadline,
14 Oct. 2025
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The team's discovery comes courtesy of citizen scientists sifting through data on the RAD@home Astronomy Collaboratory, which is India's first citizen science platform and is the brainchild of Hota.—
Keith Cooper,
Space.com,
14 Oct. 2025
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The winning Bourbon Caramel Iced Coffee was the brainchild of a social media strategist, Bianca Fernandez, and won hearts thanks to its bold flavor and playful take on the classic iced coffee.—
Abigail Wilt,
Southern Living,
13 Oct. 2025
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The bank, led by then-CEO Piyush Gupta, found inspiration in Singapore’s flagship carrier, Singapore Airlines.—
Nicholas Gordon,
Fortune,
16 Oct. 2025
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Whereas SheWolf has become a beacon of Roman cuisine, with its handmade pastas made with grains milled in house, Medusa will draw inspiration from Sicily.—
Lyndsay C. Green,
Freep.com,
15 Oct. 2025
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As for whether a The Life of a Showgirl tour is on the horizon, Swift recently shut down that speculation.—
Mitchell Peters,
Billboard,
12 Oct. 2025
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Asked directly about speculation regarding Manchester United’s interest in the Englishman, Parish replied.—
Luke Bosher,
New York Times,
12 Oct. 2025
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Mathematicians were able to prove the triangulation conjecture for this version of the amplituhedron in 2021.—
Kevin Hartnett,
Quanta Magazine,
6 Oct. 2025
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People have seen slivers in movies like Paid in Full and read conjecture online, but beneath the surface is an entire world that hasn’t been seen before.—
Ryan Gajewski,
HollywoodReporter,
25 Sep. 2025
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An Alford plea is one in which a defendant admits no guilt, but concedes that prosecutors have enough evidence to secure a conviction.—
Chris Ramirez,
jsonline.com,
13 Oct. 2025
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The series plays out over eight too-long episodes that painstakingly track the story from Paul's crash to Alex's conviction.—
Kelly Lawler,
USA Today,
13 Oct. 2025
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“Brain wave.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/brain%20wave. Accessed 20 Oct. 2025.
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