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brainstorm

[breyn-stawrm] / ˈbreɪnˌstɔrm /


NOUN
inspiration, brainwave
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We use it to study, brainstorm and solve problems, but we also worry about its effects on creativity, privacy, education and the careers we are preparing to enter.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 4, 2026

This summer her budget is £500, and she sits down with her children to discuss how much they have budgeted and to brainstorm activities they can do together.

From BBC Jul. 24, 2026

I find it helpful to brainstorm a week’s worth of meal ideas that call for rotisserie chicken in preparation for bringing a whole bird home.

From Salon Jun. 29, 2026

Some creatives say the AI tools help them brainstorm or illustrate bold ideas on a budget.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 8, 2026

We get into her car and brainstorm my cover.

From "Ask the Passengers" by A.S. King

The world will be a better place when statesmen and their cronies routinely submit their strategic brainstorms to an LLM, free of wishful thinking or tunnel vision.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 15, 2026

We peer into Molly’s childhood diaries, her lists of subjects she’d like to write about, of jobs she’d held, brainstorms for what to do next in her career.

From Los Angeles Times Nov. 20, 2023

Researchers are just beginning to test some of the ideas generated by these brainstorms.

From Scientific American Jul. 18, 2023

The stagy devices give the impression of notions that may have seemed like brainstorms in rehearsal but in performance feel overly artificial.

From Washington Post Mar. 1, 2023

I picture Grandma weaving the threads together, humming and chuckling while she brainstorms the next mind-bending story she’s going to tell me about Ghana.

From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer




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