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verb

present participle of brainstorm
as in communicating
to engage in an exchange of information or ideas they brainstormed about ways to raise money for their organization

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Noun
Also, look to dive deep into data by analyzing trends and segmenting user behavior; make sure to value your core team’s expertise and encourage brainstorming sessions for innovative ideas. Rissa Cao, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2024 Johnstone arrived at the team's first brainstorming session with his own pseudo-PowerPoint presentation to hash out exactly what worked with M3GAN. Nick Romano, EW.com, 16 Dec. 2024 People can also step into new roles and fill more brainstorming and strategic needs within the organization, creating a true win-win situation. Saar Yoskovitz, Forbes, 12 Dec. 2024 But the project is actually the result of years of Primary Wave brainstorming, coordinating and consulting with Crosby’s daughter Mary and son Harry on how to not just preserve the iconic star’s legacy, but push it forward in a way that changes with the times. Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 6 Dec. 2024 See all Example Sentences for brainstorming 
Recent Examples of Synonyms for brainstorming
Noun
  • The landscape of executive education is vast: conferences, in-house seminars, trade journals, social media, and countless books.
    ESMT Berlin, Forbes, 15 Jan. 2025
  • State of play: The three-day event will highlight the bountiful picks now available in the low-ABV and no-alcohol drink world, as well as general healthy living, via events like tastings, drink competitions, dance parties and seminars.
    Mimi Montgomery, Axios, 9 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • Number one is this new category of ideation and concepting.
    Megan Poinski, Forbes, 8 Jan. 2025
  • That can include irritability, nausea, dizziness, vomiting, nightmares, headache, and suicide ideations.
    Korin Miller, Health, 11 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • Elmore will next appear in court on January 22 for a pre-trial conference.
    Ilana Arougheti, Kansas City Star, 11 Jan. 2025
  • In his senior year, Lacy led the conference in touchdowns.
    Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 10 Jan. 2025
Verb
  • The dream part of it, for him, was the chance to spend 100 minutes talking not very much about his passion project itself, but rather using it as a springboard for an infinitely widespread discussion about about political, economic and social ideals.
    Chris Willman, Variety, 3 Jan. 2025
  • Join our Space Forums to keep talking space on the latest missions, night sky and more!
    Leonard David, Space.com, 3 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • In each of the five rounds, when O’Malley starts to show even a spark of his usual creativity and threat, Dvalishvili stuffs him.
    Jack Crosbie, Rolling Stone, 14 Jan. 2025
  • The dish represents creativity, customs, and culinary pride.
    Lenore T. Adkins, Bon Appétit, 14 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • The efforts by the Dow Chemical multinational corporation to address plastic waste and provide clean water solutions in West Africa could have been enhanced by researchers’ works shared at a Uruguayan symposium – only it wasn’t translated into English.
    HEC Paris Insights, Forbes, 5 Dec. 2024
  • Against the backdrop of a debate over Goldin’s show in Germany, the artist previously bowed out of speaking at a symposium on antisemitism, Islamophobia, and the war in Gaza, according to the German press agency dpa.
    Alex Greenberger, ARTnews.com, 22 Nov. 2024
Noun
  • Surrealism also bled into literature and fashion, with the most notable fashion house taking inspiration from the movement being Schiaparelli, which famously collaborated with Dalí.
    Maggie Gillette, Better Homes & Gardens, 12 Jan. 2025
  • Regardless, the initial television film, along with its sequel and the TV series, provided the inspiration for Chris Carter's The X-Files.
    Marc Berman, Forbes, 11 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • Along with marquee guest Caruso, Maher’s show tonight also featured comedian/producer Larry Wilmore and GOP strategist Erin Perrine on the Real Time panel.
    Dominic Patten, Deadline, 17 Jan. 2025
  • Republican senators on the panel pushed back against many lines of questions from their colleagues, especially those related to the DOJ’s independence.
    Filip Timotija, The Hill, 17 Jan. 2025

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