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brainstorm

[brayn-stawrm] / ˈbreɪnˌstɔrm /


NOUN
inspiration, brainwave
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For example, Mwedziwendira uses AI to brainstorm how to structure weekly priorities and create spreadsheets for her tasks.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 30, 2026

Lobbing a private Slack direct message to a colleague is second nature to many in the workplace—to brainstorm, plot strategy or even just vent.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 25, 2026

This summer her budget is £500, and she sits down with her children to discuss how much they have budgeted and to brainstorm activities they can do together.

From BBC ● Jul. 24, 2026

I find it helpful to brainstorm a week’s worth of meal ideas that call for rotisserie chicken in preparation for bringing a whole bird home.

From Salon ● Jun. 29, 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

No, in our system, their function is to bear ultimate accountability when Mr. Schur’s brainstorms fail to attract an audience after millions of dollars have been invested in them.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026

We peer into Molly’s childhood diaries, her lists of subjects she’d like to write about, of jobs she’d held, brainstorms for what to do next in her career.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 20, 2023

Researchers are just beginning to test some of the ideas generated by these brainstorms.

From Scientific American ● Jul. 18, 2023

David, the mission commander, brainstorms: “If we could somehow redirect the pressure from one of the back up generators into a J-cell unit with enough force,” he muses.

From New York Times ● Jul. 2, 2021

I picture Grandma weaving the threads together, humming and chuckling while she brainstorms the next mind-bending story she’s going to tell me about Ghana.

From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer




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