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brainy

[bray-nee] / ˈbreɪ ni /
ADJECTIVE
intelligent
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At age 88, director Ridley Scott has proved he can still make brainy sci-fi, nearly half a century after “Alien.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 27, 2026

Yudkowsky’s acolytes grew into the rationalist movement, a group of brainy, often libertarian-leaning outsiders who revel in logical debate.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 12, 2026

In a World Cup where the boffins with their big brainy heads and their super computers are working overtime on who might play who in the last 32, there are other calculations worth conjuring with.

From BBC ● Jun. 21, 2026

But the opportunity to mentor Tien — a rising 20-year-old American with a brainy game and similar background — proved intriguing.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 10, 2026

Because brainy little Grace had said that tomorrow “mi tio hara que sus antepasados se sientan muy, muy orgullosos.”

From "The Smartest Kid in the Universe" by Chris Grabenstein

“Midnight Suns” comes from 2K Games’ Firaxis studio, known for brainier challenges like “Civilization” and “XCOM.”

From Seattle Times ● Nov. 28, 2022

Though they lack nerve cells, sponges have some of the same specialized genes for synapses that brainier creatures possess, studies have shown.

From Science Magazine ● Nov. 3, 2021

Even you acknowledge this when the live studio audience doesn't laugh at one of your brainier opening punchlines.

From Salon ● Sep. 30, 2021

"It is gonna be a no brainier," Hong said.

From Reuters ● Sep. 13, 2021

Rosalind not like Beatrice, Eleanor like Beatrice, only wilder and brainier.

From This Side of Paradise by F. Scott (Francis Scott) Fitzgerald

One of the brainiest, funniest comedies of the year..

From Salon ● Jun. 28, 2025

Britain's brainiest kid went on to achieve three maths degrees including one from Cambridge, and is currently studying for his PhD.

From BBC ● Jan. 28, 2023

The London-based company of Britain’s brainiest choreographer leaps across the pond for a three-date run of one of its most ambitious works.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 14, 2018

Of those choreographers, Cunningham and Ms. Brown were among the brainiest.

From New York Times ● Mar. 20, 2017

He’s the brainiest guy I know and is built like he could be a linebacker, even though he hates sports.

From "Watch Us Rise" by Renée Watson and Ellen Hagan




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