as in communicates
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 Synonyms for brainstorms
Verb
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In the Turing test, a judge communicates by text with two unseen interlocutors—one human, one machine—and tries to tell them apart.—
Deni Ellis Béchard,
Scientific American,
22 Oct. 2025 -
More news to know now Hegseth clamped down on how the military communicates with Congress.—
Nicole Fallert,
USA Today,
22 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Symptoms of listeriosis include fever, muscle aches, headache, stiff neck, loss of balance and convulsions.—
Michelle Del Rey,
USA Today,
20 Oct. 2025
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Symptoms can be severe and include fever, muscle aches, headache, stiff neck, confusion, loss of balance, and convulsions, sometimes following gastrointestinal symptoms.—
News Editor,
MSNBC Newsweek,
7 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Deliberate mind wandering, where people give themselves the freedom to drift off-subject, allowing their thoughts to take a different course.—
Liz Regalia,
Parents,
28 Oct. 2025
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Her grief lives with her, but now her thoughts are more organized in voice memos, notes in an app on her phone, in a Word doc.—
Laura Trujillo,
USA Today,
28 Oct. 2025
Verb
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The officer calmly and sweetly talks to the dog, calling to Moose to get the canine to come closer.—
Angel Saunders,
PEOPLE,
24 Oct. 2025
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Portland Trail Blazers head coach Chauncey Billups talks Wednesday night with Deni Avdija.—
Tom Winter,
NBC news,
23 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Moments later, the spasms began.—
Sean Williams,
Outside,
27 Oct. 2025
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Edwards was questionable ahead of the season opener in Portland with back spasms, but played and scored 41 points against the Blazers.—
Jace Frederick,
Twin Cities,
26 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Skovgaard’s inspirations span from baroque aristocratic portraiture to ’80s pop culture, and are drenched in personal memories.—
Sandra Salibian,
Footwear News,
23 Oct. 2025
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While Meghan and Harry's children, Prince Archie, 6, and Princess Lilibet, 4, are still young, the couple have called them one of their major inspirations for campaigning for safety in the online world.—
Meredith Kile,
PEOPLE,
22 Oct. 2025
Noun
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The post is now nearing a hundred million views and inspiring paroxysms of millennial self-reckoning.—
Kyle Chayka,
New Yorker,
13 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Many people have framed the rise of Red Shambhala as a direct response to Vril and Agartha, two concepts that have become a fixture of alt-right memes in the last year.—
Kieran Press-Reynolds,
Pitchfork,
24 Oct. 2025
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Heading into the playoffs, the Blue Jays rely on these principles not as concepts on paper, but as daily practices that sustain performance under pressure.—
Karl Moore,
Forbes.com,
24 Oct. 2025
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“Brainstorms.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/brainstorms. Accessed 1 Nov. 2025.
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