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brainstorm

[breyn-stawrm] / ˈbreɪnˌstɔrm /


NOUN
inspiration, brainwave
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They didn’t get to figure out that they wanted a horn section or brainstorm on what visuals, lighting and pyrotechnics would add to their show.

From Salon ● Jun. 23, 2026

Some creatives say the AI tools help them brainstorm or illustrate bold ideas on a budget.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 8, 2026

Jack Hsieh, chief executive of mall owner Macerich, recently formed a committee to study Gen Z spending and brainstorm ways for the mall to draw more of the generation to its centers.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 13, 2026

"I did my research and then started to kind of brainstorm what those ideas could be and how I could integrate my own musicality into the pre-existing world of Devil Wears Prada."

From BBC ● May 1, 2026

Earlier me and Rondell were wandering around Imperial Beach for the third day in a row trying to brainstorm our next move.

From "We Were Here" by Matt De La Peña

The world will be a better place when statesmen and their cronies routinely submit their strategic brainstorms to an LLM, free of wishful thinking or tunnel vision.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 15, 2026

But not all of Marlon’s brainstorms were so outré, and here is the Brando’s principal innovative success.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 20, 2024

Researchers are just beginning to test some of the ideas generated by these brainstorms.

From Scientific American ● Jul. 18, 2023

But the two men, who are fathers and close friends, intend “Jam Van” to be more than sightseeing — a resolve that was heightened by their early brainstorms at the height of the Covid-19 pandemic.

From New York Times ● Jan. 18, 2023

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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