as in nerve
shameless boldness
had the brass to demand a refund for something they had broken themselves!
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Recent Examples of brass
Details throughout include wood paneling, parquet flooring, historic and contemporary artworks, antique brass, and natural stones.
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Shivani Vora, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2025
The Rockies’ brass, however, doesn’t believe the future is futile.
—Patrick Saunders, Denver Post, 31 Aug. 2025
With Rodríguez likely out for the 2026 season — the timetable to return is roughly 12 to 18 months — the Giants’ brass will be tasked with bolstering their bullpen in the offseason.
—Justice Delos Santos, Mercury News, 30 Aug. 2025
The home is decorated in an earthy color palette, with leather, wood and brass detailing.
—Natalia Senanayake, People.com, 27 Aug. 2025
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Shivani Vora, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2025
The Rockies’ brass, however, doesn’t believe the future is futile.
—Patrick Saunders, Denver Post, 31 Aug. 2025
With Rodríguez likely out for the 2026 season — the timetable to return is roughly 12 to 18 months — the Giants’ brass will be tasked with bolstering their bullpen in the offseason.
—Justice Delos Santos, Mercury News, 30 Aug. 2025
The home is decorated in an earthy color palette, with leather, wood and brass detailing.
—Natalia Senanayake, People.com, 27 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for brass
Noun
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The new neurons integrated smoothly with existing nerve circuits.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
5 Sep. 2025
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Whatever the manifestation—hair-tucking, shorts-pulling, ball-bouncing, bobbing, pocket-checking, or something else entirely—the familiarity of these motions can have a soothing effect, calming the player’s nerves before a big shot.—
Caroline Tien,
SELF,
5 Sep. 2025
Noun
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This crisis has shown us which world leaders will not only consent to this genocide, but brutally discipline their populations for having the gall to question it.—
Jack Sheehan
September 4,
Literary Hub,
4 Sep. 2025
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Then there are parasitic wasps, which lay their eggs in the galls and go on to devour the entire oak gall wasp.—
Maria Azzurra Volpe,
MSNBC Newsweek,
20 Aug. 2025
Noun
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This arrogance is not just limited to tech titans.—
Christian Josi,
Boston Herald,
31 Aug. 2025
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These traits do not always show up as arrogance.—
Connie Etemadi,
USA Today,
28 Aug. 2025
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“Brass.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/brass. Accessed 11 Sep. 2025.
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