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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Noun
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The Senate Intelligence Committee voted to advance the nomination of former Representative Tulsi Gabbard, Trump's pick for director of national intelligence, to the full Senate, on Tuesday.—
Anders Fogh Rasmussen,
Newsweek,
5 Feb. 2025 -
Forthcoming votes for Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Tulsi Gabbard, Trump’s respective nominees to serve as health and human services secretary and the director of national intelligence, are expected to be similarly partisan.—
Ashley Oliver,
Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government,
5 Feb. 2025
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Lawler’s Suzy is a poignant mass of fierce intellect and crushing vulnerability, of resolute determination and emotional chaos.—
Chad Jones,
The Mercury News,
6 Feb. 2025
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The shows demonstrate the breadth of Merritt’s curiosity, intellect, and playful sensibility, touching on everything from the struggle against nature to an arguably unhealthy obsession with the post-hardcore/emo band My Chemical Romance.—
Daniel Cassady,
ARTnews.com,
21 Jan. 2025
Noun
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And not much tension is built into the film before then — just a long list of odd incidents without any sense of rising action.—
Bilge Ebiri,
Vulture,
28 Jan. 2025
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But giving play-calling back to offensive coordinator Mike Kafka would raise a similar question: what sense does that make, other than using the guy who is already under contract rather than firing him, hiring somebody else and paying double?—
Pat Leonard,
New York Daily News,
28 Jan. 2025
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For any number of those reasons, some Chiefs fans and Taylor Swift fans were looking for a different answer from Kelce.—
Emily Tannenbaum,
Glamour,
7 Feb. 2025
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The reason why a small army of goons has suddenly reappeared in his life is Rose (Ariana DeBose, another Oscar winner), a former mob lawyer who worked for Marvin’s kingpin brother, Alvin a.k.a.—
Bilge Ebiri,
Vulture,
7 Feb. 2025
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Unlike humans, who focus more on visual information, dogs dedicate much of their brainpower to analyzing scents.—
Jonathan Granoff,
Newsweek,
29 Jan. 2025
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And, with all due respect to the people doing the work, none of these tasks takes much brainpower.—
Gene Marks,
Forbes,
11 Dec. 2024
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“Brains.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/brains. Accessed 10 Feb. 2025.
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