as in muscle
muscular strength
an actor who is more famous for his brawn than for his talent
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Recent Examples of brawn
The launch off the barrel of his bat at 106.8 mph was thanks as much to Sheets’ brain as his brawn.
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Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 May 2025
Low stimulation shows for toddlers like this one, where solving mysteries using your brain rather than your brawn, while trying to find the good in people (or in the case, animals) who make mistakes, will be a welcome addition to your entertainment routine.
—Elisabeth Sherman, Parents, 20 May 2025
Comfort entailed meeting the Pistons’ brawn, not getting muscled out of Michigan.
—Fred Katz, New York Times, 3 May 2025
Whether infectious diseases or space exploration, these panels of experts are the unpaid brains behind the brawn of the U.S. government.
—Dan Vergano, Scientific American, 23 Apr. 2025
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Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 May 2025
Low stimulation shows for toddlers like this one, where solving mysteries using your brain rather than your brawn, while trying to find the good in people (or in the case, animals) who make mistakes, will be a welcome addition to your entertainment routine.
—Elisabeth Sherman, Parents, 20 May 2025
Comfort entailed meeting the Pistons’ brawn, not getting muscled out of Michigan.
—Fred Katz, New York Times, 3 May 2025
Whether infectious diseases or space exploration, these panels of experts are the unpaid brains behind the brawn of the U.S. government.
—Dan Vergano, Scientific American, 23 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for brawn
Noun
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Regular exercise trains your muscles to pull oxygen from your blood, which reduces heart rate, inflammation and stress.—
Gina Park,
CNN Money,
27 Oct. 2025
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While the former aids in the reduction of puffiness and dark circles in the under-eye area based on hot and cold contrast therapy, the latter comes with three attachments for relieving muscle pain, tension, and soreness through rapid pulsations.—
Stacia Datskovska,
Footwear News,
27 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Despite the star power in the stands, the Dodgers lost 6-1, meaning the Blue Jays tied the series.—
Ingrid Vasquez,
PEOPLE,
29 Oct. 2025
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Both outcomes might also blunt the risk of further great-power escalation in this deeply chaotic geopolitical time.—
Mira Rapp-Hooper,
Foreign Affairs,
29 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Ready-to-eat food subject to contamination by raw animal product (raw chicken and beef kabobs above ready to eat food in reach in cooler, raw chicken and fish above ready to eat food in walk-in cooler).—
Gege Reed,
Louisville Courier Journal,
24 Oct. 2025
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But cattle producers say importing cheaper beef abroad could threaten domestic agriculture in the long run.—
Mackensy Lunsford,
Nashville Tennessean,
23 Oct. 2025
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“Brawn.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/brawn. Accessed 30 Oct. 2025.
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