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Recent Examples of cerebral The artist needs no cerebral middleman to move the motif from the world to the page. Harmon Siegel, Artforum, 1 Oct. 2025 If anything, their Didi and Gogo (Winter plays the former, the more cerebral and anxious of the two, and Reeves the latter, the disgruntled yet tender beta clown) are still a little on the solemn side. Sara Holdren, Vulture, 29 Sep. 2025 Gillen remains on Eagan’s coaching staff as an assistant coach, and Kraft said the seven-time state champion coach provides pointers that help her with the cerebral side of the game. Andrew Cornelius, Twin Cities, 26 Sep. 2025 In a subsequent study, 25 of 28 children with cerebral folate deficiency made these antibodies, while none of 28 typically developing children had them. Brenda Goodman, CNN Money, 24 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for cerebral
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Adjective
  • Biederman’s against-the-grain distaste for excess capital isn’t just intellectual or financial.
    Allie Garfinkle, Fortune, 17 Oct. 2025
  • Advertisement The intellectual underpinnings to the circular economy approach have been around for decades.
    Justin Worland, Time, 17 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • The report cited internal documents showing Salesforce pitching itself as a tool to boost hiring for Immigration and Customs Enforcement, which seeks to ramp up deportations across the country, and suggesting how AI could help evaluate tips and improve ICE investigations.
    Ramishah Maruf, CNN Money, 17 Oct. 2025
  • The Indiana 50501 protest group disbanded due to internal infighting.
    Cate Charron, IndyStar, 17 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • Participants will receive a large pumpkin, carving tools and inspiration for finding their inner artist.
    John Metcalfe, Mercury News, 16 Oct. 2025
  • My inner spirit jumped back out of me and stood next to the judge at the bench.
    Mankaprr Conteh, Rolling Stone, 16 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • If no shelter is available, crawl to an interior wall away from windows.
    CA Earthquake Bot, Sacbee.com, 17 Oct. 2025
  • The location was formerly an interior store called Ochre.
    Lisa Lockwood, Footwear News, 17 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • His attorneys asserted that the incident was a tragic misunderstanding, fueled by his poor mental state, and that Emerson never intended to harm anyone on board.
    Maddie Garfinkle, PEOPLE, 22 Oct. 2025
  • Bence is an occupational therapist with a range of work experience in mental healthcare settings.
    Sarah Bence, Verywell Health, 22 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • Elsewhere in the interview, the Oscar winner explained how her role as Grace alongside Pattinson's Jackson came about in the psychological drama, which is an adaptation of Ariana Harwicz’s 2017 novel about a new mother who develops postpartum depression and enters psychosis.
    Becca Longmire, PEOPLE, 17 Oct. 2025
  • Leaders who model resilience and create environments of psychological safety establish foundations for innovation, excellence and retention.
    Elan Gepner-Dales, Rolling Stone, 17 Oct. 2025

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“Cerebral.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cerebral. Accessed 23 Oct. 2025.

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