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brawn

noun as in muscular strength and breadth

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Whitney High in Cerritos, long regarded as having one of the best academic schools inthe nation, proved on Saturday how brains and brawn can go together.

He’s just a schoolyard bully with less brawn and brain than he thinks, but excels at survival.

From Salon

A source who had investigated the Maldera brothers told France 3 that Jean-Pierre had been the brain behind their schemes, while Robert had been the brawn.

From BBC

Even more important than the brawn though is the brain.

From BBC

Above all, Harris had to demonstrate — as a woman, and a slightly built one, at that — that she possesses the brawn and backbone to lead the country.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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