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 mental
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
Such cerebral thinking gets results for Naylor, Refsnyder and Donovan, a player the Mariners fixated on all winter.
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Tyler Kepner, New York Times, 5 Mar. 2026
Later, as the emotional Moon opposes cerebral Mercury, feelings and words pull in different directions, so listening becomes the bridge.
—Tarot.com, Baltimore Sun, 3 Mar. 2026
Your 11th House of Connected Communities calls for review as cerebral Mercury goes retrograde, so group efforts may stall around demands for clearer roles.
—Tarot.com, Sun Sentinel, 26 Feb. 2026
More cerebral than emotive, Shiffrin had not been one to speak her thoughts into existence.
—Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 18 Feb. 2026
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Tyler Kepner, New York Times, 5 Mar. 2026
Later, as the emotional Moon opposes cerebral Mercury, feelings and words pull in different directions, so listening becomes the bridge.
—Tarot.com, Baltimore Sun, 3 Mar. 2026
Your 11th House of Connected Communities calls for review as cerebral Mercury goes retrograde, so group efforts may stall around demands for clearer roles.
—Tarot.com, Sun Sentinel, 26 Feb. 2026
More cerebral than emotive, Shiffrin had not been one to speak her thoughts into existence.
—Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 18 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for cerebral
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The Paralympics feature athletes with eight kinds of physical disabilities (including limb deficiency and impaired muscle power) as well as vision and intellectual impairment.—
Rachel Treisman,
NPR,
6 Mar. 2026
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And there is no setting more emblematic of freedom—and its discontents—than the campus, where tenure is supposed to protect the intellectual liberty of faculty and students living independently for the first time try on new ideas and identities.—
Judy Berman,
Time,
5 Mar. 2026
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Hasslers were also associated with multiple adverse mental and physical health outcomes like depression, anxiety and higher body mass index.—
Sara Moniuszko,
USA Today,
9 Mar. 2026
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The Van Gogh attribution, for instance, was subsequently matched by more conventional research, including technical analyses and studies of the artist’s letters (museum experts concluded that the portrait’s unusually dampened colors simply reflected Van Gogh’s troubled mental state at the time).—
Oscar Holland,
CNN Money,
9 Mar. 2026
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But in 2017, an internal audit found that 1 in 5 high school students and 1 in 4 elementary school students said they had been bullied in the last school year.—
Ruben Vives,
Los Angeles Times,
12 Mar. 2026
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The network aggressively defended itself against the defamation lawsuit in New York -- arguing that the company was facing imminent collapse over its own internal misconduct, not because of any negative coverage.—
JOSHUA GOODMAN THE ASSOCIATED PRESS,
Arkansas Online,
11 Mar. 2026
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Channel your inner baker and shop Le Creuset’s new Signature Oval Bread Oven, available at Amazon and Le Creuset in 19 stunning shades.—
Alicia Geigel,
Southern Living,
10 Mar. 2026
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The outer belt is made up of billions of high-energy particles that originate from the sun, whereas the inner belt results from interactions of cosmic rays with Earth’s atmosphere.—
Eric Lagatta,
USA Today,
10 Mar. 2026
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Ecuador set to attack crime groups QUITO, Ecuador -- Ecuador will launch a major offensive against criminal organizations in three western provinces this weekend with logistical support from the United States, the interior minister said Wednesday.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
12 Mar. 2026
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Weak onshore flows will then return Saturday, which combined with a weakening high pressure system are expected to bring five to 10 degrees of cooling to the coasts and valleys but little change across interior sections, according to the weather service.—
Clara Harter,
Los Angeles Times,
12 Mar. 2026
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Philippe Allain, a regional police commander, told reporters that investigators have received information the man had psychological problems.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
12 Mar. 2026
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But understanding someone like this really requires psychological experts.—
Seth Abramovitch,
HollywoodReporter,
10 Mar. 2026
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“Cerebral.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cerebral. Accessed 12 Mar. 2026.
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