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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

She has used ChatGPT to analyze the results of her whole-genome sequencing, gather information on experimental treatments and brainstorm potential tests to discuss with her doctor.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 15, 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, just to do a quick brainstorm here, every club should have some themes, and I know you two have already been thinking about this. So tell me more about your ideas.”

From "Watch Us Rise" by Renée Watson and Ellen Hagan

But I also get some dirt under my fingernails with Zoom calls, brainstorms, writing and pitching.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 17, 2026

The characters check off every idea you want them to try in the small space of the car, plus other brilliant brainstorms.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 19, 2026

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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