as in breeze
informal
a decision or choice that is very easy to make and requires very little thought
The offer of a full scholarship made his choice of colleges a no-brainer.
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Recent Examples of no-brainer
That Hyundai would make a three-row SUV with its class-leading electric powertrain was a no-brainer.
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ArsTechnica, 20 May 2025
At a whopping 70 percent off, snagging these curtains is a no-brainer.
—Maggie Horton, People.com, 18 May 2025
In hindsight, a bullpen move seemed like a no-brainer.
—Blair Kerkhoff, Kansas City Star, 16 May 2025
The decision was a no-brainer for the poster, since Tofu is still under 3 years old and so full of life.
—Maria Azzurra Volpe, MSNBC Newsweek, 12 May 2025
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ArsTechnica, 20 May 2025
At a whopping 70 percent off, snagging these curtains is a no-brainer.
—Maggie Horton, People.com, 18 May 2025
In hindsight, a bullpen move seemed like a no-brainer.
—Blair Kerkhoff, Kansas City Star, 16 May 2025
The decision was a no-brainer for the poster, since Tofu is still under 3 years old and so full of life.
—Maria Azzurra Volpe, MSNBC Newsweek, 12 May 2025
See All Example Sentences for no-brainer
Recent Examples of Synonyms for no-brainer
Noun
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Sand, breeze blocks, storm shutters—these are materials of survival and exclusion, shaped by the hurricanes that regularly devastate her homeland.—
Nargess Banks,
Forbes.com,
26 May 2025
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Tyrone Taylor clobbered a fly ball that seemed like a no-doubter off the bat before dying in a stiff breeze at the left-field warning track.—
Jack Harris,
Los Angeles Times,
25 May 2025
Noun
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My memoir was built of gaps, juxtaposition, weird little nothings.—
Cheri Lucas Rowlands,
Longreads,
16 Dec. 2024
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The one whose legs turned nothings into somethings, improvising the Lions’ entire defensive game plan into a pile of ash?—
Sean Keeler,
The Denver Post,
10 Feb. 2024
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“No-brainer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/no-brainer. Accessed 3 Jun. 2025.
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