brawn

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Recent Examples of brawn And Pittsburgh’s Hazelwood Green steel mill stood as a powerful 20th Century symbol of the city’s industrial brawn. Jeffrey Steele, Forbes.com, 13 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
  • Kylie Jenner shared the details of her augmentation on social media this summer—445 ccs, moderate profile, half under the muscle—and other celebrities followed by posting about their own specs.
    Megan McIntyre, Allure, 16 Sep. 2025
  • Besides fatigue, the other possible symptoms can be quite vague and non-specific like abdominal discomfort, pain or swelling or unexplained weight loss, muscle loss or muscle weakness.
    Bruce Y. Lee, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • As demand for electricity surged to power more electric devices in homes and Big Tech's boom in data centers, renewable energy has been the go-to source for the cheapest, fastest way to generate more juice.
    Jeff Young, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Sep. 2025
  • Meanwhile, global demand for data center capacity could more than triple by 2030, requiring upgrades in power, cooling, and connectivity.
    Maurice Obeid, Forbes.com, 17 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Between dives at Prime Scuba Ishigaki, you’ll be served hot mushroom curry rice, beef bowls reminiscent of Yoshinoya, and steaming soup—proof that even on the water, Ishigaki takes its food seriously.
    Kaila Yu, Forbes.com, 12 Sep. 2025
  • Eggs, beef and electricity are among the prices that have climbed in recent years.
    ABC News, ABC News, 11 Sep. 2025

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“Brawn.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/brawn. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.

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