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Recent Examples of Synonyms for brainteasers
Noun
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Check out the all new PLAY hub with puzzles, games and more!—
Liza Esquibias,
USA Today,
10 June 2026 -
To test that, the final group completed cognitively demanding games such as mazes and shape puzzles called tangrams that contained no academic content.—
Supreet Kaur,
Scientific American,
10 June 2026
Noun
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The machine’s repertoire included answers to 12 riddles, passages from books, and laughing, crying and kissing sounds, as well as arias sung in both male and female voices—all feats that Edison’s phonograph would one day be able to accomplish by recording and playing back the human voice.—
Ron Cowen,
Scientific American,
3 June 2026
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The New Zealand singer-songwriter wanders around inside her psychedelic folk arrangements, singing in private riddles and changing the tone of her voice from one song (or even one verse) to the next, seemingly oblivious or indifferent to your presence.—
Jayson Greene,
Pitchfork,
8 May 2026
Noun
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More cameras on the sky could help solve such cosmic conundrums.—
Phil Plait,
Scientific American,
12 June 2026
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The regulation of our environment; the presence of chemicals both intentionally and unwittingly in our food, water, air, and land; the ecological fate of all living creatures, and of the earth itself—all these dilemmas and conundrums find urgent expression in Carson’s work.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
8 June 2026
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