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brainteaser

[breyn-tee-zer] / ˈbreɪnˌti zər /






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GCHQ's annual brainteaser comes in the form of the agency's Christmas card, sent by the intelligence organisation's director Anne Keast-Butler.

From BBC Dec. 11, 2024

It is less about creating the perfect brainteaser and more about showcasing a flawed family with outsize personalities.

From Los Angeles Times Oct. 20, 2023

A psychological brainteaser, “Etta and Ella” gave Kennedy a vital digital platform for her lyrical, eerily seductive imagination.

From Washington Post Dec. 6, 2021

Consider this brainteaser: “A baseball bat and ball cost $1.10 together. The bat cost $1 more than the ball. How much does the ball cost?”

From Scientific American Oct. 15, 2021

When he took the part of Henry Carr, the very civil servant at the swirling center of “Travesties,” Tom Stoppard’s 1974 Zurich-set brainteaser, he worried he couldn’t learn it.

From New York Times Apr. 4, 2018




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