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
In a subsequent study, 25 of 28 children with cerebral folate deficiency made these antibodies, while none of 28 typically developing children had them.
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Brenda Goodman, CNN Money, 24 Sep. 2025
Off-camera, Rosenthal’s characteristic ebullience is more cerebral than clownish.
—Gary Baum, HollywoodReporter, 22 Sep. 2025
The agency will update the label for leucovorin to indicate treatment for cerebral folate deficiency, which has been associated with autism.
—Melissa Rudy, FOXNews.com, 22 Sep. 2025
The mind becomes analytical and cerebral due to the Virgo energy.
—Lisa Stardust, Refinery29, 18 Sep. 2025
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Brenda Goodman, CNN Money, 24 Sep. 2025
Off-camera, Rosenthal’s characteristic ebullience is more cerebral than clownish.
—Gary Baum, HollywoodReporter, 22 Sep. 2025
The agency will update the label for leucovorin to indicate treatment for cerebral folate deficiency, which has been associated with autism.
—Melissa Rudy, FOXNews.com, 22 Sep. 2025
The mind becomes analytical and cerebral due to the Virgo energy.
—Lisa Stardust, Refinery29, 18 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for cerebral
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American historiography of the Civil War would be dominated by the Confederate-friendly into the middle of the twentieth century, providing intellectual backbone for the American version of apartheid.—
Matthew Wills,
JSTOR Daily,
5 Oct. 2025
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Journalist/film scholar Mark Harris pops up late in the series to smooth some intellectual transitions.—
Daniel Fienberg,
HollywoodReporter,
4 Oct. 2025
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Rachel Goldberg-Polin emerged as a moral voice, urging an end to the war and healing for Israel's internal divisions.—
Romina Ruiz-Goiriena,
USA Today,
4 Oct. 2025
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One former employee, who asked not to be named to discuss internal matters, told CNBC that during their tenure, OpenAI leadership had a pattern of prioritizing fast launches.—
MacKenzie Sigalos,
CNBC,
3 Oct. 2025
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And that’s while thousands of rental units sit unoccupied within Nashville’s inner highway loop, following a development boom that some development firms predict will lead to rent increases by 2027.—
Austin Hornbostel,
Nashville Tennessean,
3 Oct. 2025
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Over time, this can lead to painful and debilitating ulcers, typically occurring on the inner side of the leg above the ankle.—
Bryant Stamford,
Louisville Courier Journal,
2 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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If no shelter is available, crawl to an interior wall away from windows.—
CA Earthquake Bot,
Sacbee.com,
4 Oct. 2025
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The National Weather Service has advice on how to construct wind safe rooms, which may be something as small as an interior closet.—
Andrea Riquier,
USA Today,
3 Oct. 2025
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The belief is that working on his mental approach with new goalie coach Peter Aubry, combined with a couple of technical adjustments, will help Skinner become more consistent and at his best — which is very good — more often.—
Daniel Nugent-Bowman,
New York Times,
8 Oct. 2025
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What’s at stake here is whether states should endorse practices that every major medical and mental-health association has already disavowed as dangerous and ineffective.—
Timothy Schraeder Rodriguez,
Time,
8 Oct. 2025
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The defense maintains that Combs’s psychological profile and time already spent in custody warrant a reduced sentence.—
Hannah Parry,
MSNBC Newsweek,
3 Oct. 2025
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Beneath its polished image, the academy hides disturbing practices, using hallucinogens and psychological conditioning to strip students of their trauma — and often, their very sense of self.—
Samantha Stutsman,
PEOPLE,
2 Oct. 2025
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“Cerebral.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cerebral. Accessed 10 Oct. 2025.
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