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Noun
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Mindfulness practice leads to increases in regional brain gray matter density Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences.—
Avery Hurt,
Discover Magazine,
17 Mar. 2025 -
Additionally, while a helpful marker, gray matter isn’t a perfect predictor of cognitive health.—
Hannah Singleton,
Health,
15 Jan. 2025
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But Kennedy’s Camelot at least tried to elevate idealism, intellectualism, and the modern elegance of a pillbox hat.—
Gal Beckerman,
The Atlantic,
25 Feb. 2025
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Eventually Faithfull found an interest in performing in plays and, entranced by Buddy Holly and Joan Baez and Simone de Beauvoir, folk music, and arty café intellectualism as well.—
Bill Wyman,
Vulture,
30 Jan. 2025
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The Buckeyes, the No. 2 seed in the NCAA women’s hockey tournament, turned into one of the premier programs in the country because of that wolfpack mentality.—
Cameron Teague Robinson,
New York Times,
27 Mar. 2025
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On Sunday, during the race at Homestead-Miami Speedway, Wallace’s new mentality showed in a pair of reactions.—
Jordan Bianchi,
The Athletic,
24 Mar. 2025
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In this sense, artificial intelligence remains quite unlike, and less capable than, human intelligence.—
Rob Toews,
Forbes,
23 Mar. 2025
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This is similar to the previous point about looking outward, but with a sharper focus on competitor intelligence.—
John Cairney,
Sportico.com,
22 Mar. 2025
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The diagnosis of frontotemporal dementia, a brain disorder caused by degeneration of the brain's frontal lobe, comes nearly a year after Willis' family confirmed the movie icon, now 67, was stepping away from acting due to an aphasia diagnosis.—
Jay Stahl,
USA TODAY,
22 Mar. 2025
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This is a drink that people tend to love—elementally delicious, and yet with enough going on to keep the front of your brain occupied.—
Jason O'Bryan,
Robb Report,
22 Mar. 2025
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The 1960s ushered in debates about the constitutionality of the federal death penalty, due, in part, to a postwar sense of moral superiority.—
Brenna Ehrlich,
Rolling Stone,
29 Mar. 2025
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For one, there’s often an initial intoxicating sense of familiarity that quickly devolves into chaos and drama, something akin to love-at-first-sight that suddenly shifts into leave-me-alone.—
Christina Pérez,
Vogue,
29 Mar. 2025
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Maryland’s housing crisis requires partnership between government and housing providers to enact common sense rules that protect tenants while also supporting the production and preservation of affordable housing.—
Miranda Darden-Willems,
Baltimore Sun,
20 Mar. 2025
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Of course, anyone with an ounce of common sense knows that no technology in the history of humankind has been the total solution.—
John Sviokla,
Forbes,
20 Mar. 2025
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Good American Family is about Natalia Grace, a child adopted by Kristine and Michael Barnett who already have three children of their own, one of whom has autism and a genius-level intellect.—
Randall Colburn,
EW.com,
20 Mar. 2025
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The main theme is not just about the religious persecution of the truth, but rather the conflict between the church and the pursuit of knowledge and humanity’s intellect.—
Rafael Motamayor,
IndieWire,
15 Mar. 2025
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“Highbrowism.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/highbrowism. Accessed 2 Apr. 2025.
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