faculties

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Some 160 works show how he used his creative faculties as a survival device and drew on his Japanese education throughout his life.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 15, 2026

No adult treats any other adult that way unless they’ve lost their mental faculties or never had them.

From Salon • Nov. 21, 2025

She now wants to do Pilates after work, and the long hours she spends working and learning legalese have kept her mental faculties in check.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 22, 2024

He said the cuts would be felt across all its four faculties, including sciences and health as well as arts and humanities.

From BBC • Nov. 20, 2024

Here I fell twice; but as often I rose and rallied my faculties.

From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë