cerebrums

variants or cerebra
plural of cerebrum
as in minds
the part of a person that feels, thinks, perceives, wills, and especially reasons you'll need the patience of a saint and the cerebrum of a rocket scientist to figure out the solution to this brainteaser

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Noun
  • While the settlement may put Meta investors' minds at ease for now, while setting a perhaps reassuring precedent for the rest of social media, analysts don't think the Mark Zuckerberg company is completely out of the legal woods.
    Tobias Burns, CNBC, 26 Aug. 2026
  • Seeing Texas fail to live up to the preseason hype from a season ago may still linger in the minds of fans, but the Longhorns once again look strong on paper.
    Dan Santaromita, New York Times, 26 Aug. 2026
Noun
  • If Pangram’s tools are accurate, 260 out of 310 people who published guest articles in the NYT, WSJ, and Washington Post did it entirely with their own brains (or perhaps the brains of an underling).
    Reed Albergotti, semafor.com, 27 Aug. 2026
  • The study described the importance of reducing stigma about cognitive decline, helping people care for their brains to decrease dementia risk and acknowledging the impacts dementia has on families and households.
    Hillary Lum, The Conversation, 27 Aug. 2026
Noun
  • Pugh, also a series executive producer, found the humanity inside of Cathy, says Kazan, without defanging one of literature’s most complicated psyches.
    Hillary Busis, Vanity Fair, 18 Aug. 2026
  • What’s our relationship then, to this tech that increasingly looks set to entwine with our lives and psyches?
    Allie Garfinkle, Fortune, 17 Aug. 2026
Noun
  • Women are compelled to suppress their desires, intellects, and emotions in Gilead.
    Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 29 Apr. 2026
  • While the likes of Philo and Trotter have expanded upon the idea by prioritizing people whose intellects align with their brand values, Jacquemus takes it to another level.
    Hannah Jackson, Vogue, 23 Jan. 2026
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  • An Israeli military source told CNN the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) had gathered intelligence on Turkey’s plans to deploy personnel, drones and air-defense systems at the site.
    Tal Shalev, CNN Money, 25 Aug. 2026
  • The dissident, Siamak Tadayon Tahmasbi, had been accused by Iran’s Ministry of Intelligence of directing terrorist plots tied to Israeli intelligence.
    Cora Engelbrecht, New Yorker, 24 Aug. 2026
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“Cerebrums.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cerebrums. Accessed 30 Aug. 2026.

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