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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

Other Chinese carmakers are dialing up speed instead of brawn to justify higher prices, with top executives boasting about their cars’ performance on racetracks such as Germany’s Nürburgring.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 24, 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

Practices focus more on brain than brawn, emphasizing the strategy, reads and fine-tuned execution that might decide close games.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 9, 2025

She doesn’t have any brawn because that’s the kind of thing you’d find people eating in lanes not in a house on the South Circular Road.

From "Angela's Ashes: A Memoir" by Frank McCourt


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