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as in brainstorm

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as in seminar

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verb

present participle of brainstorm
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
Noun
That leaves room for all sorts of brainstorming, including Aitken’s curiosity about flanking the development with high-rise residential buildings, similar to the condominiums that have risen next to Petco Park in San Diego. — Bill Shaikin, Los Angeles Times, 18 June 2026 This brainstorming unit spans 148,000 square feet (1,300 sq m) across three buildings, and is equipped for full-size clay modeling, fabrication and immersive digital collaboration. — New Atlas, 2 June 2026
Verb
Romance, creativity, fun and self-expression are highlighted today, making this a great moment for flirting, brainstorming or reconnecting with what brings you joy. — Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 5 June 2026 So producers are brainstorming investigations for the forthcoming season. — Brian Stelter, CNN Money, 4 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for brainstorming
Recent Examples of Synonyms for brainstorming
  1. ideation
  2. seminar
  3. communicating
  4. creativity
  5. conference
  6. talking
  7. inspiration
  8. symposium
Noun
  • In fact, research shows that talking openly about suicide is an important plank of prevention that can actually decrease suicidal thoughts and ideation.
    — Helen Carefoot, Flow Space, 6 July 2026
  • Across Specialist Teams To Improve Every Workflow AI has not affected our agency model, which is hub-and-spoke—the hub is the consultant and the lead working on strategy, ideation and management, with the spokes, or specialists, driving execution.
    — Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 2 July 2026
Definition of ideation
Noun
  • Coaching seminars held by the Norwegian Football Federation have been known to play a short video showing a 16-year-old boy taking part in a shooting drill.
    — Philip Buckingham, New York Times, 10 July 2026
  • For an industry grappling with retention, burnout, and a widening confidence gap among new graduates, that kind of practical, repeatable structure is worth more than another seminar on empathy in the abstract.
    — Kwame Christian Esq, Forbes.com, 8 July 2026
Definition of seminar
Verb
  • The lawsuit said the teen was then isolated from peers, deprived of basic needs and kept from communicating freely with his parents.
    — Nicole Blanchard, Idaho Statesman, 8 July 2026
  • Managers are communicating more often, being less secretive, providing transparency and providing more clarity about distributions and redemptions.
    — Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 8 July 2026
Definition of communicating
Noun
  • Aguirre removed Quiñones in favor or taller options, but Mexico never recovered from the loss of offensive creativity.
    — Eduard Cauich, Los Angeles Times, 6 July 2026
  • This is a special week to focus upon your heart’s desires, creativity, and romantic world.
    — Kyle Thomas, PEOPLE, 5 July 2026
Definition of creativity
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  • During the meeting, a handful of people looked at their laptops, with those attending in person sitting around a nearly empty oval table in the board’s conference room.
    — Becca Savransky, Idaho Statesman, 14 July 2026
  • And that April guidance was above the $101 billion analysts had been expecting toward the end of last year, before the company updated it at a conference in December.
    — Hugh Son,Laya Neelakandan,Leslie Picker,Ritika Shah, CNBC, 14 July 2026
Definition of conference
Verb
  • Cholowsky visited Chicago for a few days in early June, talking to coaches and executives, hanging out with players and listening to Jerry Reinsdorf’s baseball stories.
    — Jon Greenberg, New York Times, 12 July 2026
  • Yet nobody could remember ever seeing the man in a cowboy hat before 2024, when he was spotted talking to residents about lawsuits against the local dump.
    — Rebecca Ellis, Los Angeles Times, 12 July 2026
Definition of talking
Noun
  • Krispy Kreme's newest flavor inspiration comes from Girl Scout Cookies.
    — Mike Snider, USA Today, 6 July 2026
  • Both teenagers, ages 13 and 14, have been riding for about three years, and look to their American hero JB Mauney for inspiration.
    — Hilary Whiteman, CNN Money, 5 July 2026
Definition of inspiration
Noun
  • Power connections, which are fewer in number and take up more surface area, are placed on the sides of the memory cube, University of Tokyo doctoral student Yuki Mitarai said at the symposium.
    — IEEE Spectrum, IEEE Spectrum, 8 July 2026
  • Accounts of Plato’s symposium have typically focused more on the philosophy of love part than the dinner party part, as if what matters is the content of the various speeches, and not their context.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 6 July 2026
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