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brainstorming

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verb

present participle of brainstorm
as in communicating
to engage in an exchange of information or ideas they brainstormed about ways to raise money for their organization

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Recent Examples of brainstorming
Noun
To facilitate collaboration and teamwork In-person work fosters easier and more spontaneous collaboration, reducing the friction of scheduling virtual meetings and allowing for informal brainstorming. Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic, Forbes, 28 Feb. 2025 The Cutler family came up with the name during a dinner-table brainstorming session at the start of 2021. Kim Severson, New York Times, 13 Feb. 2025 As brainstorming continues, the potential impact of these tax reforms will become clearer. Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 25 Jan. 2025 Start taking your meetings, calls and brainstorming sessions on foot. Jodie Cook, Forbes, 24 Jan. 2025 See All Example Sentences for brainstorming
Recent Examples of Synonyms for brainstorming
Noun
  • The fellowship program allows participants to be mentored by an Academy members and have access to networking and seminars.
    Abigail Lee, Variety, 26 Mar. 2025
  • Educational workshop: The Poway Chamber of Commerce will host a virtual interactive seminar on marketing and how to generate extraordinary results at 11:45 a.m. Tuesday, March 25.
    Pomerado News, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • The redesign of this process requires constant iteration and ideation, as well as a repudiation of the status quo.
    Brennan Barnard, Forbes, 23 Mar. 2025
  • All the studies show that transgender people and people with gender dysphoria are not more inherently subject to suicide or likely to have suicide ideation.
    Peter Charalambous, ABC News, 12 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • The Big Ten dominated the early goings of the NCAA Tournament, as Michigan’s comeback capped a 10-0 start by the conference before Wisconsin’s heartbreaking loss to BYU later Saturday.
    Sam Blum, The Athletic, 23 Mar. 2025
  • To give us an opportunity to start this conference briefly and remind the world that Edan Alexander is still held hostage in Gaza right now.
    Ryan Gaydos, Fox News, 23 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • The dream part of it, for him, was the chance to spend 100 minutes talking not very much about his passion project itself, but rather using it as a springboard for an infinitely widespread discussion about about political, economic and social ideals.
    Chris Willman, Variety, 3 Jan. 2025
  • Join our Space Forums to keep talking space on the latest missions, night sky and more!
    Leonard David, Space.com, 3 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • The result is a space where art has been successfully imbedded into everyday life, a seamless integration where the public easily encounters creativity while artists profit from passing footfall.
    Nina-Sophia Miralles, Forbes.com, 28 Mar. 2025
  • The show, which has popped up around Chicago and Evanston regularly since August, offers a safe space for performers and a reminder to audiences of the power of creativity.
    Jennifer Day, Chicago Tribune, 28 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • There are also numerous other speakers from MIT, Harvard and Cornell presenting at the symposium, and an array of professionals and experts who can lead us into asking those deeper questions.
    John Werner, Forbes, 19 Mar. 2025
  • Officials took this a step further at the warfare symposium in Colorado.
    Ars Technica, Ars Technica, 13 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Warmer perfumes overall are currently trending (vanilla, anyone?), but, unlike the more popular gourmands taking over TikTok, musky perfumes take inspiration from skin rather than your pantry.
    Jennifer Hussein, Allure, 23 Mar. 2025
  • Hailey Bieber never stops mining the food pyramid for fresh beauty inspiration.
    Emily Tannenbaum, Glamour, 23 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Two years ago, when Hochul did away with the AirTrain, an outside expert panel said that the N-train was ideal, but was too difficult to achieve and backed making the free Q70 even better with a dedicated bus lane on the northbound BQE among other improvements.
    New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 31 Mar. 2025
  • There was a see-through glass panel on the floor, a large terrace with a dining table, a private plunge pool, and a step ladder that led right into the water.
    Jess Feldman, Travel + Leisure, 31 Mar. 2025

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“Brainstorming.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/brainstorming. Accessed 7 Apr. 2025.

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