brain waves

noun

plural of brain wave
as in theories

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  1. theories
  2. hypotheses
  3. convictions
  4. observations
  5. conjectures
  6. assumptions
  7. speculations
  8. guesses
Noun
  • The gist of the theories, Rothschild said, is that a secret plot is underway to reset the global financial system.
    — Harmeet Kaur, CNN Money, 3 Nov. 2026
  • The podcaster Candace Owens drove those theories, infuriating her former employer, Daily Wire founder Ben Shapiro.
    — Max Tani, semafor.com, 2 Nov. 2026
Definition of theories
Noun
  • Solving identity at scale means evaluating competing hypotheses across candidate entities simultaneously.
    — Filip Popovic, Forbes.com, 30 Oct. 2026
  • Here’s how psychiatrists like me think about the most promising hypotheses.
    — Awais Aftab, New York Times, 27 Oct. 2026
Definition of hypotheses
Noun
  • Wong’s convictions seen as discouraging dissent Hong Kong once had a freewheeling civil society.
    — Kanis Leung, Los Angeles Times, 5 Nov. 2026
  • As governor, Newsom can commute single-felony sentences, but must receive the California Supreme Court’s approval to commute sentences for people with multiple convictions.
    — Sacbee.com, Sacbee.com, 5 Nov. 2026
Definition of convictions
Noun
  • The new system uses these additional observations to determine whether an existing description is reliable.
    — Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 6 Nov. 2026
  • These observations do not replace income verification or transaction records.
    — Artem Lalaiants, Forbes.com, 6 Nov. 2026
Definition of observations
Noun
  • Many mathematicians have stopped posting open conjectures and potential ideas at the end of their papers, for fear that they’ll be scraped by bots and fed into AI models.
    — Jordana Cepelewicz, Quanta Magazine, 5 Oct. 2026
  • 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
Definition of conjectures
Noun
  • Li said conducting the study in that timeline was based on assumptions RT made about the success of a citizen ballot measure and the timing of a Caltrans project that have both since fallen through.
    — Madison Smalstig, Sacbee.com, 30 Oct. 2026
  • This also means assumptions and perception, rather than reality, will often win out.
    — Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 30 Oct. 2026
Definition of assumptions
Noun
  • The account reportedly had one follower which was Tatum, further fueling speculations.
    — Saman Shafiq, USA Today, 22 Sep. 2026
  • Such speculations reflect the richness of possibilities that the new work opens up.
    — Philip Ball, Scientific American, 20 Aug. 2026
Definition of speculations
Noun
  • To prevent lucky guesses, the AI must uncover enough information to justify its decision, Visa said.
    — Roy Stephen Canivel, Footwear News, 5 Nov. 2026
  • The complete absence of such false positives showed that the successful trials weren’t just lucky guesses.
    — Ben Brubaker, Quanta Magazine, 4 Nov. 2026
Definition of guesses
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