as in intelligence
the ability to learn and understand or to deal with problems
you have the brains to figure out that problem on your own
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Recent Examples of brains
Daniel Kolitz, Harpers Magazine, 24 Oct. 2025
The e-note has octa-core processing brains supported by 6 GB of RAM and 64 GB of storage, with microSD expansion and cloud sync available for workflow efficiency.
—New Atlas, 24 Oct. 2025
House of Style aired from 1989 to 2003, with Fuentes serving as a host from 1997 to 2002, picking the brains of the era's most famous models and designers.
—Janine Rubenstein, PEOPLE, 24 Oct. 2025
The researchers used positron emission tomography (PET) scans, along with a radioactive tracer to measure the production of a chemical called acetylcholine in the participants’ brains at the start and end of the study.
—Korin Miller, SELF, 23 Oct. 2025
Dare your dead and undead guests to indulge in some Jell-O brains or edible fake ground beef.
—Cody Godwin, USA Today, 23 Oct. 2025
In this age of speed and content almost forced into our brains, only the most devoted readers look beyond familiar names to discover new international voices, often hidden behind unpronounceable names.
—Literary Hub, 22 Oct. 2025
From the moment babies — rat babies, human babies, and just about every other kind of baby — are born, their brains build on experience.
—Big Think, 22 Oct. 2025
People who were gestating during the famine grew up to have smaller brains; their kidneys had fewer nephrons, which reduces the organs’ effectiveness.
—Clayton Dalton, New Yorker, 18 Oct. 2025
Noun
The gooners racked their brains.
—Daniel Kolitz, Harpers Magazine, 24 Oct. 2025
The e-note has octa-core processing brains supported by 6 GB of RAM and 64 GB of storage, with microSD expansion and cloud sync available for workflow efficiency.
—New Atlas, 24 Oct. 2025
House of Style aired from 1989 to 2003, with Fuentes serving as a host from 1997 to 2002, picking the brains of the era's most famous models and designers.
—Janine Rubenstein, PEOPLE, 24 Oct. 2025
The researchers used positron emission tomography (PET) scans, along with a radioactive tracer to measure the production of a chemical called acetylcholine in the participants’ brains at the start and end of the study.
—Korin Miller, SELF, 23 Oct. 2025
Dare your dead and undead guests to indulge in some Jell-O brains or edible fake ground beef.
—Cody Godwin, USA Today, 23 Oct. 2025
In this age of speed and content almost forced into our brains, only the most devoted readers look beyond familiar names to discover new international voices, often hidden behind unpronounceable names.
—Literary Hub, 22 Oct. 2025
From the moment babies — rat babies, human babies, and just about every other kind of baby — are born, their brains build on experience.
—Big Think, 22 Oct. 2025
People who were gestating during the famine grew up to have smaller brains; their kidneys had fewer nephrons, which reduces the organs’ effectiveness.
—Clayton Dalton, New Yorker, 18 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for brains
Noun
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Cleveland says narcissists often disguise sarcasm as humor, slipping in cutting remarks about your intelligence, competence, or appearance but framing them as playful.—
Angela Haupt,
Time,
30 Oct. 2025
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However, this requirement can be waived if showing the plates would interfere with investigative, law enforcement, intelligence, or security operations.—
NPR,
NPR,
30 Oct. 2025
Noun
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His intellect is evident when reviewing his rigorous course load, outstanding ACT scores, and his pursuit of the AP Capstone Diploma.—
Katie Nixon,
Nashville Tennessean,
3 Nov. 2025
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His intellect and refinement are his most terrifying tools.—
Valerie Mesa,
PEOPLE,
30 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Filler shots of chauffeurs, champagne and colossal walk-in closets with pristine designer clobber glistening and gleaming from glass shelves centred around trays and trays of priceless jewels assault the viewer’s senses between almost every scene.—
Alejandra Gularte,
Vulture,
5 Nov. 2025
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For all the fans’ cries for the team to go all in, there’s still the matter of dollars and sense.—
Jeff Zrebiec,
New York Times,
5 Nov. 2025
Noun
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During the tour for the band's previous album, We, singer Feist dropped out of the lineup as the opening act, citing the accusations against Butler as the reason for her departure.—
Wesley Stenzel,
Entertainment Weekly,
31 Oct. 2025
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There are many reasons to want to preserve or rebuild oyster reefs, researchers say.—
JSTOR Daily,
JSTOR Daily,
31 Oct. 2025
Noun
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When too much brainpower goes toward meeting basic needs like rent or groceries, long-term thinking and innovation fade, depriving society of creativity and progress.—
Scott Ellis,
Time,
17 Oct. 2025
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In that case, researchers would focus their brainpower on the last hurdles standing in the way of the AI holy grail: predictability and interpretability.—
Reed Albergotti,
semafor.com,
17 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Internal resistance from the membrane’s structure saps additional efficiency.—
Tejasri Gururaj,
Interesting Engineering,
24 Oct. 2025
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Tariffs are taxes on production, government spending is a tax on progress, deportation saps workforce productivity, and the weak dollar (see the gold price) is a tax on investment.—
John Tamny,
Forbes.com,
14 Sep. 2025
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“Brains.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/brains. Accessed 6 Nov. 2025.
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