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brainpan

[breyn-pan] / ˈbreɪnˌpæn /
NOUN
cranium
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Antonyms
STRONG


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The Jewish children’s charity has burrowed into the national brainpan for more than 10 years and attracted government scrutiny for its charitable disbursements.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 30, 2023

“Ignorance” is gray and confined within a cage, “Shame” is purple with nails pounded into its squashed brainpan, and “The Subconscious” is covered in gold leaf and recessed into a blue rectangle.

From Washington Post Apr. 21, 2023

Lately, all these gifts — the big brainpan, the quick tongue, the upper-class diction — have allowed him to make a reputation playing characters who are very bright but not quite normal.

From New York Times Dec. 31, 2014

When you really want to drive home a message, you drill it right into the brainpan.

From Slate Oct. 27, 2014

The thought washed over me like a river, sweeping away the dead bees that had filled my brainpan with confusion.

From "Chains" by Laurie Halse Anderson




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