brown study

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Noun
  • Just last month, a series of public meetings was held throughout the region looking at the results of a study aimed at helping residents figure out how to cope with that rapid growth.
    Juan Cordoba, Arkansas Online, 5 Oct. 2025
  • Her attorney, Jim Campbell, said Colorado is pointing to studies that lump together the kind of counseling Chiles wants to do with shock therapy and other aversive treatments that have been used in the past.
    Maureen Groppe, USA Today, 5 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Many surrealist artists cast women as muses or dream figures conjured for the male gaze.
    Sally Jane Brown, The Conversation, 29 Sep. 2025
  • In both cases, their cultish devotion to a spouse has generated enduring curiosity, part of which may be envy, since many women have aspired to serve as a muse to genius.
    Judith Thurman, New Yorker, 29 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Biden said age criticisms 'took on a life of its own' In the months since his November 2024 loss, questions over the impact of his age and perceived physical deterioration have not gone away, as the Democratic Party continues its retrospection of the defeat.
    Kathryn Palmer, USA Today, 14 May 2025
  • But framing Paul American as a retrospection on labor, with the boys and their family and their lackeys gassing them up over and over, just isn’t that interesting.
    Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 28 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • However, the song isn’t really a diss track towards Taylor, but rather an introspection song for Charli.
    StyleCaster Editors, StyleCaster, 3 Oct. 2025
  • Many observers fast from food and water for 25 hours to facilitate deep introspection.
    Jose R. Gonzalez, AZCentral.com, 1 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Those daydreaming of taking in the sweeping sunrise vistas across Middle Harbour just got lucky because one of the most significant abodes on the street just surfaced on market for the first time in over four decades.
    Demetrius Simms, Robb Report, 27 Aug. 2025
  • This is a train ride for daydreaming, drawing, reading, playing cards, or any other low-tech pursuit.
    Alesandra Dubin, AFAR Media, 25 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • Matisse dressed the part of a British gentleman and gazed at his conversation partners with a serenity that bordered on a trance.
    Christopher C. Gorham September 29, Literary Hub, 29 Sep. 2025
  • Wendy slips into a trance state and begins to channel Lizzo.
    Allison P. Davis, Vulture, 8 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Burnett was content to mine references from her own Depression-era youth; her famous maid character, the Charwoman, who became something of a show mascot, harked back to Chaplin’s Little Tramp, wearing a rumpled outfit and performing silent reveries.
    Rachel Syme, New Yorker, 29 Sep. 2025
  • Her words throw Max into a reverie, reliving his past in light of his parents’ lies.
    Judy Berman, Time, 19 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • The 89-minute movie includes a music video, behind-the-scenes footage, lyric videos and Swift’s personal reflections on songs from the album, according to AMC’s website.
    Auzinea Bacon, CNN Money, 4 Oct. 2025
  • Through routines that include reflection, healthy expression and even community support, someone can make sustainable changes after profound experiences as a result of psychedelic effects.
    Sonia Singh, Rolling Stone, 3 Oct. 2025
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“Brown study.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/brown%20study. Accessed 7 Oct. 2025.

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