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they brainstormed about ways to raise money for their organization
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Recent Examples of brainstorming
Rhitu Chatterjee, NPR, 10 Apr. 2026
The certification allows for minor AI assistance—such as spell-checking or brainstorming—but the text itself must be human-written.
—Francesca Cassidy, Fortune, 8 Apr. 2026
Hazlitt, 11 Mar. 2026
The names brainstorming was done with help from marketing firms and attorneys who vetted ideas that would have infringed on trademark protections.
—Bruce Finley, Denver Post, 9 Mar. 2026
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Noun
Over the past year or so, Winkelspecht has had a growing number of clients and their parents ask her for help with using AI for brainstorming and other tasks in ways that don't break a school's honor code.
—Rhitu Chatterjee, NPR, 10 Apr. 2026
The certification allows for minor AI assistance—such as spell-checking or brainstorming—but the text itself must be human-written.
—Francesca Cassidy, Fortune, 8 Apr. 2026
Verb
The couple started brainstorming.
—Hazlitt, 11 Mar. 2026
The names brainstorming was done with help from marketing firms and attorneys who vetted ideas that would have infringed on trademark protections.
—Bruce Finley, Denver Post, 9 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for brainstorming
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The biannual gathering celebrates the work of the renowned philanthropic initiative, led by the Olga Rabinovich Institute with the goal of supporting the Brazilian film sector through talent development, bursary programs, seminars and mentorship.—
Rafa Sales Ross,
Variety,
16 Apr. 2026
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Lolita feels like a suspiciously low lift for advanced seminar.—
Brittany Allen,
Literary Hub,
10 Apr. 2026
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During the eight-month investigation, HBPD detectives began communicating with him, where an agent posed as a woman babysitting a 4-year-old girl, according to prosecutors.—
Julie Sharp,
CBS News,
16 Apr. 2026
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But with his message of peace, Leo only is communicating what numerous popes before him have done.—
The Editorial Board,
Chicago Tribune,
14 Apr. 2026
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High or increasing addictive use trajectories were associated with elevated risks of suicidal behaviors or ideation compared with low addictive use, the study found.—
Nancy Dillon,
Rolling Stone,
1 Apr. 2026
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Stiles explained that the greatest benefit his team is currently seeing from the technology isn’t in product ideation but in reducing handoffs between steps, which enables more concurrent development time.—
Eileen Falkenberg-Hull,
MSNBC Newsweek,
30 Mar. 2026
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Apple’s John Ternus speaks during Apple’s annual worldwide developer conference (WWDC) in San Jose, California, June 5, 2017.—
Lim Hui Jie,
CNBC,
21 Apr. 2026
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Olympic sports spotlight After 11 years without a conference title, USC’s women’s tennis team clinched its first-ever Big Ten title with a win over Indiana on Saturday.—
Ryan Kartje,
Los Angeles Times,
20 Apr. 2026
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Is there an art to talking to famous people who are famously stoic about their personal life and famously put up boundaries everywhere?—
David Fear,
Rolling Stone,
20 Apr. 2026
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There’s Larry Gagosian talking with Richard Serra with Tony Shafrazi in front of them.—
Jerry Saltz,
Vulture,
20 Apr. 2026
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Pop-ups are another major pipeline connecting and feeding our creativity.—
Bill Addison,
Los Angeles Times,
11 Apr. 2026
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The intuitive Moon is waltzing through your sign, partnering with innovative Uranus in your creativity zone along the way.—
Tarot.com,
Baltimore Sun,
10 Apr. 2026
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While Ben admited to her that the two had met professionally at a medical symposium, the full extent of their acquaintanceship was not revealed until the very end of the finale in a major cliffhanger.—
Nellie Andreeva,
Deadline,
14 Apr. 2026
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Kardel hopes San Diegans can attend the Dark Sky events this week, such as the star party and dark sky symposium at the Santa Ysabel Nature Center on Saturday, April 18, to learn from the researchers and take a look through a telescope to admire the sky.—
Maura Fox,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
13 Apr. 2026
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To write a poem requires effort, art, inspiration.—
New York Times,
New York Times,
21 Apr. 2026
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In November, 2023, Bewersdorf was transferring footage in his blue easy chair when inspiration struck.—
Julian Lucas,
New Yorker,
20 Apr. 2026
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“Brainstorming.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/brainstorming. Accessed 23 Apr. 2026.
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