idea
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No one forced him to sign-up, he said, but the idea was constantly present.
From Barron's • Jun. 11, 2026
A long-standing idea in neuroscience holds that the brain acts as a centralized controller that decides which actions an animal will perform.
From Science Daily • Jun. 10, 2026
But you might have no idea if you’ve been listening to hockey-ignorant media dopes like me lather attention on the incoming World Cup and the East Coast-pleasing, media-hub Knicks-Spurs NBA final.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 10, 2026
“You talk to them and they would say, ‘I have no idea where everything is,’” he said.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 10, 2026
Humans, of course, had no idea they had such influence.
From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman
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Vocabulary lists containing idea
TEKS ELAR Academic Vocabulary List (5th-7th grades)
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Common Core Grade 6, List 1
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