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Recent Examples of Synonyms for eggheadedness
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In other words there’s a measurable reduction in brain volume or gray matter in certain areas.—
Lauryn Higgins,
Flow Space,
13 Aug. 2025 -
Men were affected more than women, particularly in the gray matter.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
29 July 2025
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But few people think of pop-music critics as pillars of American intellectualism, and even fewer think of pop stars as an endangered species.—
Kelefa Sanneh,
New Yorker,
25 Aug. 2025
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Where Kennedy saw a dynamic future in science and exploration, the current presidential administration is laser-focused on deregulation, anti-intellectualism, privatization and a retreat from global cooperative economic and foreign policy agreements.—
Leah M. Wright,
CNN Money,
23 Aug. 2025
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Would any self-respecting show really risk insulting the viewer’s intelligence so flagrantly?—
Graham Hillard,
The Washington Examiner,
5 Sep. 2025
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Tariff anxieties continue to weigh on family office deal-making, which sunk in August by nearly 50% on a year-over-year basis, according to the private wealth intelligence platform.—
Hayley Cuccinello,
CNBC,
4 Sep. 2025
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Brian Harman The Grit Factor A grinder who thrives under difficult conditions, Harman’s bulldog mentality might resonate at Bethpage.—
Jeff Goudy,
Forbes.com,
26 Aug. 2025
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The hope is that Johnson, their new head coach who spent the previous three years as the Detroit Lions' offensive coordinator, will bring a new mentality and culture to the long-suffering franchise.—
Robert Marvi,
MSNBC Newsweek,
25 Aug. 2025
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His daughter mirrored his parvenue of a wife, a woman beneath him not in station but rather in intellect, someone easily affected and prone to childlike ideas.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
3 Sep. 2025
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This survey does not measure intellect.—
Martha McHardy,
MSNBC Newsweek,
1 Sep. 2025
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Founded by Keith and Brooke Desserich who lost their 5-year-old daughter Elena to brain cancer, The Cure Starts Now first worked with Graeter's in 2007 to develop an ice cream flavor in honor of the couple's daughter, called Elena’s Blueberry Pie ice cream.—
Grace Tucker,
The Enquirer,
3 Sep. 2025
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The brain is surrounded by a layer of tightly joined cells, called the blood-brain barrier, that acts as a bouncer turning away any substances deemed unworthy of accessing our most precious resource.—
Matt Fuchs,
Time,
2 Sep. 2025
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This has for decades been underpinned by voluntary pricing agreements — voluntary in the sense that non-voluntary terms would have been worse — between the industry and the NHS.—
Ian King,
CNBC,
3 Sep. 2025
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There is no sense of responsibility or critical assessment of the causes of the refusal to publish in Israel while the massacre continues.—
Uriel Kon
September 2,
Literary Hub,
2 Sep. 2025
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Whatever the reason behind the tradition may be, Swift and Mahomes were all smiles in the Dirty 30 photo as the WAGS prepare to head into football season together and cheer on the Kansas City Chiefs.—
Angel Saunders,
PEOPLE,
5 Sep. 2025
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For those reasons and more, Rohl’s signing on a season-long loan, with a €20million obligation provided Everton avoid relegation, is intriguing.—
Patrick Boyland,
New York Times,
4 Sep. 2025
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“Eggheadedness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/eggheadedness. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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