brain waves

plural of brain wave

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Noun
  • The season drew heavy criticism for its glacial pace and incoherent plotting, generating more Reddit theories than actual scares and leaving viewers more haunted by what could have been.
    James Mercadante, Entertainment Weekly, 1 Oct. 2025
  • Combining investigative journalism, DNA analysis and cinematic dramatization, the docuseries examines four competing theories about Columbus’ origins and the mystery around the titles bestowed on him by the Catholic Monarchs.
    Emiliano De Pablos, Variety, 1 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • None of those jack-of-all-trades models came up with the hypotheses that proved experimentally correct.
    Elie Dolgin, IEEE Spectrum, 25 Sep. 2025
  • Danish police Chief Superintendent Jens Jespersen told reporters on Tuesday authorities were investigating several hypotheses, including the possibility that the drones were launched from ships.
    CNN Money, CNN Money, 23 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Others taken into custody include Mexican nationals Ricardo Gervasio-Gervasio, Pedro Navajas-Contreras, Uriel Alvarez-Meneses and Arturo Guzman, who have a number of previous convictions for crimes including possession of cocaine and driving under the influence.
    Billal Rahman, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 Oct. 2025
  • From clearing past convictions to guiding families through complex immigration processes, his focus is on protecting the future and keeping people together.
    Malana VanTyler, USA Today, 6 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Tye, the Horace White Professor of Physics Emeritus, used these observations to update models involving the cosmological constant, a concept introduced by Albert Einstein over a century ago.
    Sujita Sinha, Interesting Engineering, 2 Oct. 2025
  • The observations detected a puzzling event as the planet transitioned from a steady accretion rate in April and May to a burst of growth between June and August.
    Ashley Strickland, CNN Money, 2 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Hierarchy matters less than ideas, and consultants are trained to challenge assumptions and present counterarguments, even to senior partners or client CEOs.
    Ruth Umoh, Fortune, 1 Oct. 2025
  • Her existence in the vibrant capital city of Sepphoris brings into questions some of our traditional assumptions of Mary as an impoverished illiterate from a backwater rural village with no exposure to Greco-Roman culture.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 30 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • The speculations are rife with staunch reason justifying why Tesla could embrace this big shift this month.
    Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 6 Oct. 2025
  • While filming the episode, everybody had their different speculations.
    Brian Davids, HollywoodReporter, 5 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Until the shutdown is resolved, businesses and policymakers will have to make their best guesses about which way the economy is going.
    Scott Horsley, NPR, 3 Oct. 2025
  • Here are my best guesses, after touring each room.
    Stephanie McNeal, Glamour, 30 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Galore, released in September 2020, is a heartbreak record that looks to inspirations like Caroline Polachek and Rosalía.
    Anna Gaca, Pitchfork, 1 Oct. 2025
  • Afro-Atlantic inspirations get a Gallic accent, with a menu retaining the tenets of Paris bistro and café fare, revisited with touches of the American South’s culinary hallmarks such as okra, pecans and corn.
    Lily Templeton, Footwear News, 30 Sep. 2025
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“Brain waves.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/brain%20waves. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.

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