as in intellect
the ability to learn and understand or to deal with problems
the president's inner circle of advisers just didn't seem to have the brainpower to deal with the crisis
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Recent Examples of brainpower
With this transfer of brainpower, innovation is rapidly emerging as teams develop solutions to the aerodynamic differences between the sports.
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Jacob Whitehead, New York Times, 5 July 2025
But even an evolutionary leap in brainpower wouldn’t change the fact that humans are complex, emotional, self-deceiving, unreliable narrators.
—Matt Zoller Seitz, Vulture, 30 June 2025
Zoom in: Seattle's beauty, brainpower, and bold investments are powering its rise in global rankings, according to the report researched by Ipsos and published by marketing firm Resonance.
—Christine Clarridge, Axios, 7 Apr. 2025
Can an online game that combines human brainpower with AI solve intractable problems?
—Ottó Elíasson, IEEE Spectrum, 22 Oct. 2019
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Jacob Whitehead, New York Times, 5 July 2025
But even an evolutionary leap in brainpower wouldn’t change the fact that humans are complex, emotional, self-deceiving, unreliable narrators.
—Matt Zoller Seitz, Vulture, 30 June 2025
Zoom in: Seattle's beauty, brainpower, and bold investments are powering its rise in global rankings, according to the report researched by Ipsos and published by marketing firm Resonance.
—Christine Clarridge, Axios, 7 Apr. 2025
Can an online game that combines human brainpower with AI solve intractable problems?
—Ottó Elíasson, IEEE Spectrum, 22 Oct. 2019
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for brainpower
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His daughter mirrored his parvenue of a wife, a woman beneath him not in station but rather in intellect, someone easily affected and prone to childlike ideas.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
3 Sep. 2025
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This survey does not measure intellect.—
Martha McHardy,
MSNBC Newsweek,
1 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Would any self-respecting show really risk insulting the viewer’s intelligence so flagrantly?—
Graham Hillard,
The Washington Examiner,
5 Sep. 2025
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Tariff anxieties continue to weigh on family office deal-making, which sunk in August by nearly 50% on a year-over-year basis, according to the private wealth intelligence platform.—
Hayley Cuccinello,
CNBC,
4 Sep. 2025
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This has for decades been underpinned by voluntary pricing agreements — voluntary in the sense that non-voluntary terms would have been worse — between the industry and the NHS.—
Ian King,
CNBC,
3 Sep. 2025
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There is no sense of responsibility or critical assessment of the causes of the refusal to publish in Israel while the massacre continues.—
Uriel Kon
September 2,
Literary Hub,
2 Sep. 2025
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“Brainpower.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/brainpower. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.
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