brawn

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Recent Examples of brawn Low stimulation shows for toddlers like this one, where solving mysteries using your brain rather than your brawn, while trying to find the good in people (or in the case, animals) who make mistakes, will be a welcome addition to your entertainment routine. Elisabeth Sherman, Parents, 20 May 2025 Comfort entailed meeting the Pistons’ brawn, not getting muscled out of Michigan. Fred Katz, New York Times, 3 May 2025 Whether infectious diseases or space exploration, these panels of experts are the unpaid brains behind the brawn of the U.S. government. Dan Vergano, Scientific American, 23 Apr. 2025 His brawn did not correlate with a ranking in the bottom seven per cent of defenders from Europe’s top five leagues for aerial duels won and in the bottom one per cent for tackles won. Jacob Tanswell, The Athletic, 24 Jan. 2025 See All Example Sentences for brawn
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Noun
  • Previous waves of automation mostly replaced muscle; this one replaces judgment.
    Toby Stuart, Time, 29 Sep. 2025
  • Most weight training also raises your heart rate, and most cardio exercises help build muscles throughout your body.
    Heidi Moawad, Verywell Health, 29 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • This is a sister organization to the Heritage Foundation, the think tank behind Project 2025—a sweeping conservative policy blueprint aimed at reshaping the federal government by expanding presidential power, dismantling parts of the civil service, and rolling back regulations across agencies.
    Martha McHardy, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 Oct. 2025
  • Additional revelations hint of Kiri's evolving powers, the menacing Quaritch bonding with Varang to help defeat the Na'vi, a spectacular air/sea clash between the Ash People, the RDA, and the Na’vi, and Spider threatening to kill someone offscreen.
    Jeff Spry, Space.com, 1 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Its beef program includes 28-day aged USDA Prime beef hand-cut in house.
    Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Sep. 2025
  • Their beef boiled over after Nepola decided not to fly on Shojaee’s private plane during a trip to Spain.
    Madeleine Marr, Miami Herald, 25 Sep. 2025

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“Brawn.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/brawn. Accessed 2 Oct. 2025.

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