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verb

present tense third-person singular of brainstorm
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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brainstorms

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noun

plural of brainstorm
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as in convulsions

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as in thoughts

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Recent Examples of brainstorms
Verb
Every year the Bronx Zoo team brainstorms different additions to its offerings, and some of the challenges lie in choosing the right ones. — Emma Gometz, Scientific American, 13 Feb. 2026 Maybe everyone picks a different resolution, and the group brainstorms how to best help each person achieve it. — Valerie Trapp, The Atlantic, 30 Dec. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for brainstorms
  1. communicates
  2. convulsions
  3. thoughts
  4. talks
  5. spasms
  6. inspirations
  7. paroxysms
  8. concepts
Verb
  • The first earnings call tells you how management communicates when there is no parent standing behind it.
    — Jim Osman, Forbes.com, 10 Aug. 2026
  • Families sometimes assume the teacher has already reviewed the IEP or understands how their child communicates, learns or responds to sensory challenges.
    — Jennifer Durocher, Sun Sentinel, 5 Aug. 2026
Definition of communicates
Noun
  • The severe strain of the virus often presents as a fever, neck stiffness, stupor, disorientation, coma, tremors, convulsions, muscle weakness, or paralysis.
    — Mary Ella Hastings July 24, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 24 July 2026
  • Later Wednesday, Mexico City Health Secretary Nadine Gasman, told a news conference that another man, about 30, was treated by emergency personnel after suffering an epileptic seizure, convulsions, and gastrointestinal bleeding.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 1 July 2026
Definition of convulsions
Noun
  • Here are three more Twins thoughts after the team’s first series win since July 30.
    — Dan Hayes, New York Times, 13 Aug. 2026
  • For his story was a record of his most debauched thoughts and desires.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 12 Aug. 2026
Definition of thoughts
Verb
  • Prize Director Michael Kelleher talks with 2026 Windham-Campbell Prize for Nonfiction recipient Kei Miller about Yuval Noah Harari’s sprawling and sometimes controversial book Sapiens and about how humanity is fiction (and vice-versa).
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 12 Aug. 2026
  • In this encore episode for our Tech Camp series, host Regina Barber talks to Carl Zimmer, a science reporter at The New York Times, about his reporting on mirror cells — and why creating them could lead to devastating consequences for life on Earth.
    — Berly McCoy, NPR, 10 Aug. 2026
Definition of talks
Noun
  • Veteran linebacker Drue Tranquill missed Wednesday’s workout with back spasms, which meant more time for Jack Cochrane.
    — Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 5 Aug. 2026
  • Physical withdrawal symptoms can include muscle aches and spasms, gastrointestinal distress, including nausea, diarrhea, and vomiting, sweating and fever.
    — Don Sweeney, Sacbee.com, 4 Aug. 2026
Definition of spasms
Noun
  • The conversation will explore his cinematic and cultural inspirations and reflect on the early short films, community, and collaborations that helped shape his unique artistic voice.
    — Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 11 Aug. 2026
  • Hopkins weaves in old Welsh folk tunes and nods to impressionistic inspirations like Vaughan Williams and Frederick Delius.
    — Tim Greiving, Los Angeles Times, 11 Aug. 2026
Definition of inspirations
Noun
  • Preparing a tax return can trigger paroxysms of stress at the best of times.
    — Daniel de Visé, USA Today, 30 Mar. 2026
  • Also, stars in this frenzied state aren’t terribly stable; the fusion rate can be tempestuous, and the star undergoes incredibly violent paroxysms.
    — Phil Plait, Scientific American, 20 Mar. 2026
Definition of paroxysms
Noun
  • That shift also creates opportunities for creators to think beyond individual posts and toward characters, concepts, series, and intellectual property that can travel across platforms and screens.
    — Novika Ishar, Forbes.com, 10 Aug. 2026
  • Another startup is expected to launch soon, with two additional concepts currently in development.
    — Shelley Simpson, Fortune, 10 Aug. 2026
Definition of concepts

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