brain waves

plural of brain wave

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Noun
  • The narrative conjures meaning from the Los Angeles cityscape by fusing a hodgepodge of textbook theories about the sprawling metropolis onto the gritty reality of daily life.
    Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 22 June 2026
  • Numerous theories have been thrown around to try shedding light on the more recent declines among males.
    Jason Ma, Fortune, 21 June 2026
Noun
  • Mythos can also produce novel research and hypotheses in areas like molecular biology and genomics.
    Rob Toews, Forbes.com, 22 June 2026
  • Researchers still don’t know exactly why sleep problems and high blood pressure seem to go hand in hand, but experts have a few hypotheses.
    Zoe Cunniffe, Health, 18 June 2026
Noun
  • The convictions come after authorities connected the couple to the deaths of 11 dogs that the couple took in for training services.
    Seamus Bozeman Follow, Los Angeles Times, 18 June 2026
  • Parra’s criminal history includes state felony convictions for drug and arson offenses, officials said.
    Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 17 June 2026
Noun
  • The observations suggest that the planet's evening terminator — the region rotating out of daylight — is hotter than its morning counterpart.
    Sharmila Kuthunur, Space.com, 16 June 2026
  • An iconic panoramic view of the Andromeda Galaxy that Hubble captured, for instance, was a mosaic stitched together from more than 400 observations.
    Denise Chow, NBC news, 15 June 2026
Noun
  • There have been a lot of conjectures, but little in the way of actual proof of what took place.
    Lizzie Lanuza, StyleCaster, 25 May 2026
  • As part of the effort to prove these conjectures, Grothendieck proposed his notion of a scheme.
    Konstantin Kakaes, Quanta Magazine, 20 May 2026
Noun
  • Design for Future Generations, Not Just Your Experience Many family foundations are built around the assumptions, schedules, and realities of the founding generation.
    Kris Putnam-Walkerly, Forbes.com, 18 June 2026
  • These assumptions reflect positions of power.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 17 June 2026
Noun
  • These speculations are put to rest by the child, who says, ‘No!
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 16 June 2026
  • Griffin has encouraged these speculations.
    Gary Sernovitz, New Yorker, 15 June 2026
Noun
  • Use these clues to narrow down your guesses.
    Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 21 June 2026
  • When guesses were successful, the passwords were fed back as seeds to generate still more candidates.
    Dan Goodin, ArsTechnica, 17 June 2026
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“Brain waves.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/brain%20waves. Accessed 22 Jun. 2026.

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