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brain

[breyn] / breɪn /




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The progressive neurological condition, in which parts of the brain become damaged over many years, affects movement as well as bodily and mental functions, according to the NHS.

From BBC Jul. 22, 2026

A satisfying puzzle break: What’s a four-letter word for “Those who often hear a siren song”? Treat your brain to some delightful wordplay in today’s crossword.

From Slate Jul. 22, 2026

“When you’re going after a mile world record, and you go deep into your brain, that’s when you’re asked the hardest-hitting questions of: Are you capable? Have you done enough?” he said.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 22, 2026

These proteins play important roles in normal signaling between brain cells.

From Science Daily Jul. 22, 2026

Now Dr. Damasio turns to a computer program called Brainvox that is used to reassemble brain scan "slices" into a three-dimensional model.

From "Phineas Gage" by John Fleischman

The explosion in resource-hungry data centres -- housing the hardware "brains" of artificial intelligence -- is fuelling unease worldwide, with New York State and Australia the latest jurisdictions to announce new rules.

From Barron's Jul. 17, 2026

But the genre also requires action, adventure, enlightenment, struggle, the guest-host relationship observed by the ancients and the supremacy of brains over brawn.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 16, 2026

The researchers examined participants' brains with fMRI and EEG scans before training began and again after the practice period ended.

From Science Daily Jul. 12, 2026

The disease, which is caused by repeated blows to the head, has been found in the brains of hundreds of former NFL players.

From BBC Jul. 8, 2026

I think we each had too many thoughts in our brains.

From "Because of Mr. Terupt" by Rob Buyea

They found that the larger brained primate species did not solve the fruit-finding puzzle more efficiently than smaller brained mammals.

From Science Daily May 28, 2024

Clevinger, his long hair brained into pigtails, allowed three runs, two earned, and six hits in 4 1/3 innings while striking out six and walking two.

From Seattle Times May 10, 2022

At least there’s nothing pointy on the Steam Deck, unlike some of the book corners I’ve brained myself with over the years.

From The Verge Mar. 29, 2022

A second major find, the nearly complete skull of a larger brained hominid, long known simply by its field number “1470” and now classified as H. rudolfensis, bolstered that point.

From Science Magazine Jan. 2, 2022

No, it was meant to determine if you were right brained or left brained, usually connoted by handedness.

From "Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story" by Nora Raleigh Baskin

We are a long way here from Thor developing the wheel or the Fat Broad braining the Snake.

From Time Magazine Archive

It was something that they prevented the mace of chivalry from utterly braining humankind.

From Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 17, No. 097, January, 1876 by Various

At times, an invisible finger tapped at the panes; it was some bird of the night, drawn by the light, braining itself against the glass….

From Letters from my Windmill by Daudet, Alphonse

Oh the demons, they were cackling while he sat devouring a great moose joint, until he was close to braining them with the yellow ball of the joint.

From The Best Short Stories of 1917 and the Yearbook of the American Short Story by O'Brien, Edward J. (Edward Joseph Harrington)

That is the Tessino, braining itself in cataracts.

From Bohemian Days Three American Tales by Townsend, George Alfred




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