brainy

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While corvids and parrots are unquestionably brainy, they flounder with some cognitive tasks.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 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

The former vice president’s steely resolve was captured years later in “Vice,” a 2018 biographical drama in which Christian Bale portrayed Cheney as a brainy yet uncompromisingly uncharismatic leader.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 4, 2025

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

He didn’t believe in brainy Martians, though he recognized the premise of a winning story.

From "Spooked!" by Gail Jarrow