1
as in intellectual
much given to learning and thinking
a very cerebral jurist who has given much thought to what makes our nation's constitution work
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2
as in internal
of or relating to the mind
a young man given more to cerebral pursuits than to sporting activities
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Recent Examples of cerebral
The jovial Francis became pope because the conservative and cerebral Benedict XVI resigned on Feb. 28, 2013.
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Howard Chua-Eoan, Mercury News, 22 Apr. 2025
The Vatican said the cause of death was a cerebral stroke that led to irreversible heart failure.
—Janet Shamlian, CBS News, 22 Apr. 2025
Pope Francis’s remains will lie in state in Saint Peter’s Basilica in Vatican City following his Monday death from a cerebral stroke at age 88.
—Alexis Simendinger, The Hill, 22 Apr. 2025
Our cerebral circuitry changes constantly—every day, new links are made amongst the 86 billion individual neurons in our heads, and old connections are allowed to fall away.
—Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 17 Apr. 2025
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Howard Chua-Eoan, Mercury News, 22 Apr. 2025
The Vatican said the cause of death was a cerebral stroke that led to irreversible heart failure.
—Janet Shamlian, CBS News, 22 Apr. 2025
Pope Francis’s remains will lie in state in Saint Peter’s Basilica in Vatican City following his Monday death from a cerebral stroke at age 88.
—Alexis Simendinger, The Hill, 22 Apr. 2025
Our cerebral circuitry changes constantly—every day, new links are made amongst the 86 billion individual neurons in our heads, and old connections are allowed to fall away.
—Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 17 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for cerebral
Adjective
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After graduating from Harvard Law School, Clement clerked for the federal appeals-court judge Laurence Silberman, the intellectual godfather to generations of conservative lawyers, and then for Justice Antonin Scalia.—
Ruth Marcus,
New Yorker,
25 Apr. 2025
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This helps the church establish leaders, college presidents and intellectual leaders.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
MSNBC Newsweek,
25 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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His goal has not been met of finding $1 trillion in federal savings from waste, fraud and abuse. Veterans Affairs Department: A new internal task force at the mammoth department wants employees to report anti-Christian bias among coworkers going back to the Biden administration.—
Alexis Simendinger,
The Hill,
24 Apr. 2025
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Four internal levels and one outdoor level are all organized around open-plan living and entertainment spaces.—
Abby Montanez,
Robb Report,
24 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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But getting in some side-to-side work beforehand fires up muscles like your adductors (inner thighs), abductors (outside of your hips), and glute medius (side-butt), which stabilize and move your hips.—
Cindy Kuzma,
SELF,
25 Apr. 2025
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Your quiet inner knowing is on its way to becoming a steady source of helpful wisdom.—
Colin Bedell,
Them.,
25 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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The house, built in 1971, has an interior space of 1,890 square feet.—
Bay Area Home Report,
Mercury News,
22 Apr. 2025
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Theft of motor vehicle parts or accessories (subset of larceny) – The unlawful taking of any part or accessory affixed to the interior or exterior of a motor vehicle in a manner which would make the item an attachment of the vehicle or necessary for its operation.—
Baltimore Sun staff,
Baltimore Sun,
22 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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This definition also includes instance in which the victim is incapable of giving consent because of temporary or permanent mental or physical incapacity (include due to the influence of drugs or alcohol) or because of age.—
Baltimore Sun staff,
Baltimore Sun,
11 Apr. 2025
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Without supervision or regulation, kids can easily stumble upon explicit material, including violent and extremist content, that can lead to mental distress, desensitization and a warped perception of the world around them.—
Richard Wistocki,
Chicago Tribune,
10 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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And like other forms of abuse, the effects of FGM/C are irreversible, a girl subjected to FGM/C will carry the physical and psychological consequences for the rest of her life.—
Sydney Iannantuono,
Hartford Courant,
21 Apr. 2025
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The Russian POWs are in Belarus, the ministry said, where they were being provided with medical and psychological care.—
Reuters,
USA Today,
20 Apr. 2025
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“Cerebral.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cerebral. Accessed 5 May. 2025.
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