as in communicating
to engage in an exchange of information or ideas
they brainstormed about ways to raise money for their organization
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Recent Examples of brainstorming
Alexandra Schonfeld, People.com, 28 Aug. 2025
Everyone in the room was well-versed in AI, and the day was filled with discussions, brainstorming, and planning.
—Gabriele Rosani, Harvard Business Review, 27 Aug. 2025
Benj Edwards, ArsTechnica, 5 Sep. 2025
Library staff will provide guidance throughout every step of the process, from brainstorming to event execution.
—Ashlee Conour, Chicago Tribune, 26 Aug. 2025
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Verb
In the days following the outbreak of the fire, messages continued firing off in a community WhatsApp group updating fellow neighbors on the status of their homes and brainstorming ways to help.
—Alexandra Schonfeld, People.com, 28 Aug. 2025
Everyone in the room was well-versed in AI, and the day was filled with discussions, brainstorming, and planning.
—Gabriele Rosani, Harvard Business Review, 27 Aug. 2025
Noun
For example, a marketing team brainstorming ad copy can now create separate branches to test a formal tone, a humorous approach, or an entirely different strategy—all stemming from the same initial setup.
—Benj Edwards, ArsTechnica, 5 Sep. 2025
Library staff will provide guidance throughout every step of the process, from brainstorming to event execution.
—Ashlee Conour, Chicago Tribune, 26 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for brainstorming
Verb
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The video appears to show agents communicating with Mejia through or near the doorway of his house.—
Billal Rahman,
MSNBC Newsweek,
24 Sep. 2025
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About IndyStar IndyStar has a deep history of communicating the most important news impacting Indiana's metropolitan area and the rest of the Hoosier state.—
Kurtcia Collazo,
IndyStar,
23 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Gabby perkily announces, sounding like a motivational coach at a weight-loss seminar.—
Frank Scheck,
HollywoodReporter,
24 Sep. 2025
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In the early nineteen-hundreds, Richard Cabot, a physician at Massachusetts General Hospital, started holding seminars to demonstrate clinical reasoning for trainees.—
Dhruv Khullar,
New Yorker,
22 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Rei is talking with her mom on the phone about her burgeoning anime illustrator career.—
Kayti Burt,
Time,
26 Sep. 2025
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There’s a little bit of talking past one another, in the sense that Republicans are trying to run a process that is better than [the stablecoin bill had].—
Eleanor Mueller,
semafor.com,
25 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Kimmel is intimately involved in every aspect of the show’s production, from ideation to delivery, the source says, but there are protocols in place during which any number of people could have requested an edit or removal.—
Shirley Halperin,
Rolling Stone,
19 Sep. 2025
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The end result is an effective means of filtering out bad UX concepts at their ideation stage while allocating more time to more positive experiences.—
Dmytro Spilka,
Forbes.com,
18 Sep. 2025
Noun
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There is a conference committee on many of the appropriations bills right now.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
28 Sep. 2025
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Lewis built a conference room stocked with a long table and six chairs, a projector and screen, and a door for privacy.—
Lyndsay C. Green,
Freep.com,
28 Sep. 2025
Noun
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In blending creativity with community, and in each collection and cause, Scott is passing her Texas spirit onward.—
Kaitlyn Yarborough,
Southern Living,
27 Sep. 2025
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From streetwear to high fashion, the borough has a reputation for individuality and creativity.—
Christopher Claxton,
Billboard,
26 Sep. 2025
Noun
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The group also maintains a prolific schedule of author talks, online symposiums and real-life get-togethers that all revolve around old-timey grub.—
John Metcalfe,
Mercury News,
25 Sep. 2025
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Zhang Yiming, ByteDance's founder, was among the entrepreneurs invited to a high-level symposium chaired by President Xi Jinping in February.—
Evelyn Cheng,Anniek Bao,
CNBC,
19 Sep. 2025
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Tell me more about the inspiration behind that song.—
Christian Allaire,
Vogue,
25 Sep. 2025
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For more inspiration, check out the 2025 Fortune Change the World list that’s out this morning, highlighting the companies that are doing well by doing good for the world.—
Diane Brady,
Fortune,
24 Sep. 2025
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“Brainstorming.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/brainstorming. Accessed 29 Sep. 2025.
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