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
  • More than a dozen national and international journalism associations wrote a joint letter calling on the government to withdraw its case after the men's convictions were upheld by a lower court of appeal in March.
    ABC News, ABC News, 24 June 2026
  • In the six cases, Ramsey County Attorney John Choi criticized McGee's characterization of events, but said his conclusions did not impact any of the convictions.
    Aki Nace, CBS News, 23 June 2026
Noun
  • Interviewers often leave meetings with random observations scribbled on a notepad.
    Aytekin Tank, Forbes.com, 23 June 2026
  • The comic was partially inspired by Tamaki’s observations of students during teaching at the New York City School of Visual Arts, or just small frustrations.
    Kambole Campbell, Variety, 23 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
  • Sotter positions himself as an advocate and changemaker, willing to challenge assumptions and push conversations forward.
    Matthew Kayser, USA Today, 25 June 2026
  • Discrimination and biased assumptions are among the greatest barriers facing people with Down syndrome.
    Michelle Sie Whitten, STAT, 25 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 28 Jun. 2026.

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