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thinking cap

NOUN
state of thinking
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Then put on your short-term thinking cap for a moment.

From MarketWatch • Oct. 11, 2025

It’s the biggest week of the high school football season, so let me peek into my crystal ball, put on my thinking cap and come up with some predictions for the biggest games.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 28, 2021

The story, concocted from clichés that were already droopy when they appeared in almost every other jukebox musical ever written, does not require you to put your thinking cap on.

From New York Times • Mar. 15, 2018

Most unusual idea: a thinking cap, “for when you don’t have any good ideas.”

From Washington Post • Sep. 15, 2017

He put his thinking cap on and thought the situation over.

From "Where the Red Fern Grows" by Wilson Rawls



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