cerebrums

variants or cerebra
plural of cerebrum
as in brains
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
  • People who were gestating during the famine grew up to have smaller brains; their kidneys had fewer nephrons, which reduces the organs’ effectiveness.
    Clayton Dalton, New Yorker, 18 Oct. 2025
  • Gundogan has been exposed to two of the leading brains in modern football and reads the game like few players can.
    Jordan Campbell, New York Times, 17 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Don't Look Now manipulates audiences' minds, mixing elements of the occult with the overwhelming need for hope into a plot twist audiences will find difficult to swallow.
    Steven Thrash, Entertainment Weekly, 19 Oct. 2025
  • Why the Longhorns’ offense is struggling How is this the offense that Sarkisian, one of the most respected offensive minds in the sport, has produced in his fifth year on the job after multiple top-10 recruiting classes?
    Sam Khan Jr, New York Times, 19 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • South Korea’s intelligence agency estimated in September that about 2,000 North Korean soldiers had been killed in the fighting.
    Reuters, NBC news, 24 Oct. 2025
  • Greta Lee is an intelligence officer pulled from a Gettysburg trip with her kid to deliver some important North Korean intel.
    Brian Truitt, USA Today, 23 Oct. 2025
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“Cerebrums.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cerebrums. Accessed 25 Oct. 2025.

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