brains 1 of 2

noun

plural of brain
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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brains

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verb

present tense third-person singular of brain
as in skulls

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Recent Examples of brains
Noun
Why friendship conflicts feel so intense for teens Adolescence is when friends move to the center of your kid’s world, and their brains know it. — Ashley Lynch, Sacbee.com, 15 Oct. 2026 This midlife window gives us the opening to set our brains up for years of mental sharpness. — Maggie Ryan, Flow Space, 14 Oct. 2026 The smartphones lying idle in drawers could serve as brains for the bipedal bot. — Muskanbhatia, Interesting Engineering, 13 Oct. 2026 The Titan had suffered a catastrophic implosion; the five men had died before their brains had even had time to register what was happening. — Julia Buckley, CNN Money, 13 Oct. 2026 The Blackpink singer is sitting next to the brains behind Tame Impala on a worn brown leather couch at a music school in Boston. — Maya Georgi, Rolling Stone, 13 Oct. 2026 Around the size of a peppercorn, the miBrains reflect models of healthy and diseased brains. — ABC News, 13 Oct. 2026 Might our brains employ a mechanism similar to the mathematical operation Bahdanau invented? — Quanta Magazine, 12 Oct. 2026 Researchers gathered 62 people who had never taken a psychedelic before, gave them 19 milligrams of psilocybin, a common psychedelic found in certain fungi, and scanned their brains. — Jacek Krywko, ArsTechnica, 10 Oct. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for brains
  1. intelligence
  2. clubs
  3. intellect
  4. saps
  5. sense
  6. spears
  7. reason
  8. brainpower
Noun
  • The drills include amphibious landing, air and missile defense and mine sweeping, as well as intelligence gathering, logistics and resupply and casualty evacuation on several remote islands, including Tanegashima.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 20 Oct. 2026
  • Other parts of government already contract out rocket launches, cloud storage, satellite intelligence and artificial-intelligence analysis to the tech sector.
    — Sarah Scoles, Scientific American, 20 Oct. 2026
Definition of intelligence
Verb
  • That advantage was in large part offset by payments from UEFA’s ‘value pillar’, a mechanism which awards clubs money based upon their coefficient ranking (determined by past performance in European competition) and the size of their nation’s broadcast rights deal for the competition.
    — Chris Weatherspoon, New York Times, 30 May 2026
  • Their top-30 visits, where NFL clubs host prospects at their facilities to gather further intel, are often smokescreens.
    — Luca Evans, Denver Post, 19 Apr. 2026
Definition of clubs
Noun
  • Up until 1950, Señorita Rio uses her expert marksmanship, fencing skills, and keen intellect to fight Axis powers across South America.
    — Gaby Iori October 7, Literary Hub, 7 Oct. 2026
  • Tony has led at the highest levels of government, respected for his intellect, strategic vision and ability to bring people together around bold, forward-looking ideas.
    — Alex Weprin, HollywoodReporter, 6 Oct. 2026
Definition of intellect
Verb
  • Even when the Delta breezes bring relief, some days the heat saps the appetite.
    — Anne Ewbank, Sacbee.com, 19 Aug. 2026
  • Misalignment saps energy and trust, making early, honest conversations vital for strong, lasting partnerships.
    — Rick Ford, Forbes.com, 12 Aug. 2026
Definition of saps
Noun
  • Investors should also look at a fund's 30-day SEC yield to get a sense of what the company is generating in terms of income.
    — Cheryl Winokur Munk, CNBC, 18 Oct. 2026
  • Government buildings were vandalized in multiple cities, contributing to a sense of national crisis that could boost leading far-right presidential candidate Marine Le Pen six months before elections.
    — Brendan Ruberry, semafor.com, 18 Oct. 2026
Definition of sense
Verb
  • The midfielder spears an accurate long ball to Yildiz, setting him away into the box.
    — Thom Harris, New York Times, 5 June 2026
Definition of spears
Noun
  • All the more reason for leaders to play the generosity sweepstakes in ways that are advantageous to them.
    — Diane Brady, Fortune, 20 Oct. 2026
  • For that reason, Everett’s proposal is known as the Many Worlds interpretation of quantum mechanics.
    — Philipp Strasberg, Scientific American, 20 Oct. 2026
Definition of reason
Noun
  • Submissions soon began pouring in from around the world, including everyone from career number theorists to hobbyists who may have had to look up what a Galois group was, with work powered by everything from AI to stubborn human brainpower.
    — Lyndie Chiou, Scientific American, 22 Sep. 2026
  • Dana Williams, American High School The highest-performing students are augmenting their brainpower with AI.
    — Dana Williams, Forbes.com, 17 Aug. 2026
Definition of brainpower

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“Brains.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/brains. Accessed 20 Oct. 2026.

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