brains
- acumen n.
- astuteness n.
- authority n.
- brainpower n.
- capacity n.
- cleverness n.
- erudition n.
- gray matter n.
- head n.
- ingenuity n.
- intellect n.
- intelligence n.
- judgment n.
- mentality n.
- mind n.
- official n.
- profundity n.
- reason n.
- ringleader n.
- sagaciousness n.
- sagacity n.
- sageness n.
- sense n.
- smarts n.
- variety meat n.
- wisdom n.
- wit/wits n.
Example Sentences
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“Those concerns are magnified for our children whose brains are just forming, and their cognitive abilities are still developing.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 14, 2026
The fMRI also detected less synchronized blood flow in regions of the children’s brains associated with attention and information processing than they did in the adults’.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 14, 2026
"It's when they realise that they have hundreds of tiny demands on them and their brains and bodies just can't switch off."
From BBC ● Sep. 5, 2026
But stunningly high numbers of women report having intrusive thoughts about harming their children—moments when their own brains betray them, when it’s clear that none of us are in total control over our own minds.
From Slate ● Sep. 5, 2026
Ah, young sir, the Szekelys—and the Dracula as their heart’s blood, their brains, and their swords—can boast a record that mushroom growths like the Hapsburgs and the Romanoffs can never reach.
From "Dracula" by Bram Stoker
