brainy
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Yudkowsky’s acolytes grew into the rationalist movement, a group of brainy, often libertarian-leaning outsiders who revel in logical debate.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 12, 2026
The ad, titled “Good Will Dunkin’,” featured Affleck as the original brainy Boston math whiz, who happens to work at Dunkin’ and arranges a display of Munchkins in a Fibonacci sequence.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 9, 2026
Deutch is as twinkly as ever, but the breakout is Ben Wang as an ambitious CAA receptionist, the brainy Scarecrow of the group.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 31, 2026
Sir Stephen Fry lived up to his brainy reputation over breakfast, by predicting the chessboard was back: "I could be a knight - oh, I already am," he joked.
From BBC ● Oct. 23, 2025
Somewhere between super popular and well'liked: not brainy, not jocks, not rich, not druggies, not mean, not goody-goody, not huge, not flat.
From "Wonder" by R. J. Palacio
“Midnight Suns” comes from 2K Games’ Firaxis studio, known for brainier challenges like “Civilization” and “XCOM.”
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 28, 2022
Though they lack nerve cells, sponges have some of the same specialized genes for synapses that brainier creatures possess, studies have shown.
From Science Magazine ● Nov. 3, 2021
Even you acknowledge this when the live studio audience doesn't laugh at one of your brainier opening punchlines.
From Salon ● Sep. 30, 2021
"It is gonna be a no brainier," Hong said.
From Reuters ● Sep. 13, 2021
They formed a Cult, far subtler, brainier, Than ordinary Anglomania, For all as Jacobites were reckoned, And gaily toasted Charles the Second!
From The Wit and Humor of America, Volume III. (of X.) by Marshall Pinckney Wilder
One of the brainiest, funniest comedies of the year..
From Salon ● Jun. 28, 2025
The Black-owned weekly newspaper New York Amsterdam News once described her as “one of the brightest and brainiest of the undiscovered teevee personalities.”
From New York Times ● Oct. 17, 2023
Share your score with friends and compete to see who’s the brainiest.
From Slate ● Jun. 12, 2023
Britain's brainiest kid went on to achieve three maths degrees including one from Cambridge, and is currently studying for his PhD.
From BBC ● Jan. 28, 2023
As much money as Hamp has made, and still makes, he would be broke today if his money and his business weren’t handled by Gladys, who is one of the brainiest women I ever met.
From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey
