brainteaser

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Recent Examples of brainteaser True, this area is so palpably pretty its image graces containers of chewy nougats and 1,000-piece brainteasers. Norma Meyer, Oc Register, 3 Sep. 2025 The deals also will give Peacock and Hulu access to older episodes of the programs, enabling their viewers to binge on the brainteasers. Meg James, Los Angeles Times, 3 June 2025 The daily brainteaser features 16 seemingly random words grouped together in a box. Kevin Sabet, Newsweek, 24 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for brainteaser
Recent Examples of Synonyms for brainteaser
Noun
  • This puzzle piece challenges our biases about who deserves to be in a classroom and confronts the notion that women should focus solely on child rearing not their education.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 5 Mar. 2026
  • Occasionally, that puzzle produces happy accidents.
    Kennedy French, Variety, 5 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • The riddle that is Roki Sasaki does not look any easier to solve after his second spring start on Tuesday.
    Bill Plunkett, Oc Register, 4 Mar. 2026
  • LeetCode is a training platform for the kind of algorithmic riddles that usually crop up in interviews for big tech companies.
    Sam Kriss, Harpers Magazine, 24 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • People in trucks have arrived with thousands of containers from other states where the bottle return fee is 5 cents or nothing at all, costing businesses millions and creating a conundrum for legislators, who are now trying to fix the situation.
    Sean Krofssik, Hartford Courant, 2 Mar. 2026
  • The media, blind to the central role of the money supply, fails to see this conundrum.
    Edward Lotterman, Twin Cities, 1 Mar. 2026

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“Brainteaser.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/brainteaser. Accessed 9 Mar. 2026.

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