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brainpan

[breyn-pan] / ˈbreɪnˌpæn /
NOUN
cranium
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Antonyms
STRONG


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The Jewish children’s charity has burrowed into the national brainpan for more than 10 years and attracted government scrutiny for its charitable disbursements.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 30, 2023

“Ignorance” is gray and confined within a cage, “Shame” is purple with nails pounded into its squashed brainpan, and “The Subconscious” is covered in gold leaf and recessed into a blue rectangle.

From Washington Post Apr. 21, 2023

At the brink of a crisis, he navigates a feudalistic world with an evil emperor, noble houses and subjugated peoples, a tale right out of mythology and right at home in George Lucas’s brainpan.

From New York Times Oct. 20, 2021

I’ve got a lot on my brainpan these days!

From Slate Aug. 6, 2014

A dim plan had hatched itself in my brainpan without my consent, and I did not much like it.

From "Chains" by Laurie Halse Anderson




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