as in intelligence
the ability to learn and understand or to deal with problems
you have the brains to figure out that problem on your own
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Recap Ratcliffe also pledged repeatedly at his nomination hearing to focus more on the rising threat posed by China and to upgrade the agency’s technological capabilities to improve its intelligence collection efforts.—
Josh Meyer,
USA TODAY,
24 Jan. 2025 -
The director of national intelligence in theory sits atop the hierarchy of U.S. intelligence agencies, although no one treats the position that way in reality.—
The Editors,
National Review,
24 Jan. 2025
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Franklin’s Pragmatic Idealism: Impact Over Ideology Franklin’s brilliance was not only in his intellect but in his ability to turn ideas into real-world solutions.—
Michael Sheldrick,
Forbes,
18 Jan. 2025
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Reeder’s a smallish winger (5-foot-10, 170 pounds) who relies on his on-ice intellect to navigate the ice, play off his linemates, find pockets of space and distribute.—
Scott Wheeler,
The Athletic,
14 Jan. 2025
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Hutson has high-end poise, touch and sense with the puck, often walking the blue line using his great edge work to create time to make plays.—
Corey Pronman,
The Athletic,
16 Jan. 2025
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Homegrown slugger Pete Alonso has continually made the most sense for New York, but his free agency has dragged on for months.—
Michael Gfoeller And David H. Rundell,
Newsweek,
16 Jan. 2025
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The reason for the delay, says Goswell, was due to Lush’s lack of experience with electronics.—
Victoria Turk,
WIRED,
26 Jan. 2025
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One reason for this is that the series was shot on the streets of New York, unusual at the time.—
Glynnis MacNicol,
Rolling Stone,
26 Jan. 2025
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And, with all due respect to the people doing the work, none of these tasks takes much brainpower.—
Gene Marks,
Forbes,
11 Dec. 2024
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One dazzling 2014 demonstration of Watson’s brainpower showed off its potential to transform medicine using AI—a goal that IBM CEO Virginia Rometty often calls the company’s moon shot.—
IEEE Spectrum,
IEEE Spectrum,
2 Apr. 2019
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“Brains.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/brains. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.
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