idea
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The next time AI tells you an idea is brilliant, or that you’re totally right, run it by an actual friend.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 16, 2026
It’s a catchy idea that explains why figures like Peter Parker, Luke Skywalker and Harry Potter have a lasting hold on their fans in ways that other heroes don’t.
From Salon ● Aug. 16, 2026
Researchers say the finding points to a surprising mechanism and challenges the prevailing idea that chronic viral reactivation occurs mainly because of immunosuppression.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 16, 2026
“You can’t create a good management idea unless you talk to the citizens and see what people want.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 16, 2026
She’d come up with the idea for their first post and later been integral to their first efforts going viral.
From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith
“Thank you, George, for some of your brilliant ideas on this great Military Complex/Ballroom!”
From Salon ● Aug. 16, 2026
Maybe they can get tenure by embracing and touting these ideas and getting a citation from a Supreme Court justice, maybe even a majority opinion.
From Slate ● Aug. 16, 2026
Executives have long used the corporate blog "to expound on ideas in a way where they're sort of this businessman-philosopher, in a sense".
From BBC ● Aug. 14, 2026
It provides free, unstructured customer feedback, a place to test ideas and a space to hone the communities that so many CMOs tell me they want to build.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026
“So maybe see if there’s someone at school you could talk to about it in the guidance office. Maybe brainstorm some other ideas for how to handle this bully.”
From "Wayward Creatures" by Dayna Lorentz
Vocabulary lists containing idea
TEKS ELAR Academic Vocabulary List (5th-7th grades)
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Common Core Grade 6, List 1
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