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[brawn] / brɔn /


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The bottleneck to robot growth might not be the brains but the brawn.

From Barron's • Apr. 30, 2026

Seniors Tommy Spalding, Vaughan Flahert and Carter Mirabal have brains, brawn and surfing skills to make it to MIT.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 31, 2026

“At this stage in life, using my brain instead of brawn is a better fit for me,” says Miner.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 13, 2025

He’s just a schoolyard bully with less brawn and brain than he thinks, but excels at survival.

From Salon • Mar. 13, 2025

Their strength would be an asset, Bolles knew, but rowing—he understood as well as anyone—was at least as much art as brawn, and a keen intelligence was just as important as brute strength.

From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown




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