as in intelligence
the ability to learn and understand or to deal with problems
you have the brains to figure out that problem on your own
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Recent Examples of brains
Graham Hillard, The Washington Examiner, 5 Sep. 2025
The findings suggest omega-3s may uniquely protect women’s brains, but more research is needed.
—Brian Mastroianni, Health, 5 Sep. 2025
As the core, the middle, if not the brains of the Dolphins’ defense, that’s the goal heading into the 2025 season opener against the Indianapolis Colts.
—Omar Kelly, Miami Herald, 5 Sep. 2025
Women need this to be healthy – for their hearts, their brains.
—Laura Trujillo, USA Today, 4 Sep. 2025
Sometimes our brains need something completely different to concentrate on while our hearts do their mending.
—Peter Debruge, Variety, 2 Sep. 2025
Surprising activity in dying brains can temporarily restore neural function.
—Andrea Gawrylewski, Scientific American, 2 Sep. 2025
Greeter explains that autistic brains do no automatically have a sense of context, whether social or otherwise.
—Alison Escalante, Forbes.com, 26 Aug. 2025
Verb
Here, played by the black actress Karen Bryson, the character is all brains and sass.
—Graham Hillard, The Washington Examiner, 5 Sep. 2025
The findings suggest omega-3s may uniquely protect women’s brains, but more research is needed.
—Brian Mastroianni, Health, 5 Sep. 2025
As the core, the middle, if not the brains of the Dolphins’ defense, that’s the goal heading into the 2025 season opener against the Indianapolis Colts.
—Omar Kelly, Miami Herald, 5 Sep. 2025
Women need this to be healthy – for their hearts, their brains.
—Laura Trujillo, USA Today, 4 Sep. 2025
Sometimes our brains need something completely different to concentrate on while our hearts do their mending.
—Peter Debruge, Variety, 2 Sep. 2025
Surprising activity in dying brains can temporarily restore neural function.
—Andrea Gawrylewski, Scientific American, 2 Sep. 2025
Greeter explains that autistic brains do no automatically have a sense of context, whether social or otherwise.
—Alison Escalante, Forbes.com, 26 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for brains
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Managing and interpreting the flood of data would be impossible without machine intelligence.—
Bernard Marr,
Forbes.com,
12 Sep. 2025
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Counterterrorism strategies must continue to adapt to meet this evolving battleground, leveraging not only military and intelligence tools but also public-private partnerships with tech platforms, AI monitoring, and global diplomacy.—
Richard Frankel,
ABC News,
11 Sep. 2025
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Michèle comes across as a singular and powerful personality, with something of Akerman’s own trenchant intellect, assertive candor, and vulnerable self-revelation.—
Richard Brody,
New Yorker,
10 Sep. 2025
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With his new book, Pan, Clune has turned his cockeyed sensibility and coruscating intellect to fiction.—
Scott Stossel,
The Atlantic,
9 Sep. 2025
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Bryce Young has to be better After building up an immense sense of goodwill, locally and nationally, with his second-half performance from last year, Young essentially melted away in the Jacksonville heat.—
DIAMOND VENCES,
Charlotte Observer,
10 Sep. 2025
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Giving people a greater sense of agency.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
10 Sep. 2025
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In many cases, the two reasons amount to the same thing, with the same cause.—
Jeremy Lott,
The Washington Examiner,
12 Sep. 2025
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The second reason is that these aura battler designs were very complex and full of curves as well as weird angles.—
Ollie Barder,
Forbes.com,
12 Sep. 2025
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If this trajectory continues, by 2030, AI could potentially complete in days what are currently months-long projects requiring human brainpower.—
Dana Suskind,
Time,
27 Aug. 2025
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Such models have evolved from simple labor arbitrage to outsourced R&D, leveraging the high-quality and scalable brainpower of countries like India.—
Rajat Sharma,
Forbes.com,
22 Aug. 2025
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But the county’s fire union contends the switch saps Fire Rescue funds from long-term plans to add fire trucks, stations and crews in areas of the county needing better coverage to lower response times.—
Douglas Hanks,
Miami Herald,
23 Aug. 2025
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Nothing saps the energy out of a corporate initiative faster than inertia.—
Amy Volz,
Forbes.com,
21 Aug. 2025
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“Brains.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/brains. Accessed 14 Sep. 2025.
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