brainstorm 1 of 2

as in to communicate
to engage in an exchange of information or ideas they brainstormed about ways to raise money for their organization

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brainstorm

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noun

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Verb
  • As a business owner, your job is to effectively communicate this with your human staff and your AI tools.
    Jennifer C. Wolfe, Esq., Forbes, 6 Mar. 2025
  • At the same time, the administration has been restricting the NIH's activities, including the agency's ability to communicate with the public and process thousands of grant applications for billions of dollars.
    Rob Stein, NPR, 5 Mar. 2025
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
Noun
  • He was found unconscious and having muscle spasms, a common symptom of oxygen deprivation.
    Keith Langston, People.com, 4 Mar. 2025
  • Francis' health had taken a turn for the worse on Friday, due to a bronchial spasm that caused him to inhale vomit, requiring noninvasive mechanical ventilation.
    Dan Perry, Newsweek, 2 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • In photos obtained by Page Six, Affleck and Garner appeared to be in good spirits — laughing and talking — while at a paintball park in Los Angeles on Sunday, March 2.
    Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 4 Mar. 2025
  • You’re not supposed to engage in any activity that involves noise, including talking to others.
    Essence, Essence, 3 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • The case and its media attention were part of the inspiration for the 2010 novel Room and the film of the same name released five years later.
    Jessica Sager, People.com, 1 Mar. 2025
  • Travel is a constant source of inspiration for me and the entire Design Team at CB2.
    Shivani Vora, Forbes, 1 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Encephalitis may lead to convulsions and can cause deafness or leave a child with a lifelong intellectual disability, health officials warn.
    Sara Moniuszko, CBS News, 3 Mar. 2025
  • Among children with measles, about 1 in every 20 develops pneumonia, the CDC said, and about one in every 1,000 suffers swelling of the brain called encephalitis — which can lead to convulsions, deafness or intellectual disability.
    Laura Ungar, Chicago Tribune, 27 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • Regret is double suffering, while worry about the future is a misuse of imagination.
    Chris Westfall, Forbes, 5 Mar. 2025
  • However, the series never shows Proteus in action, leaving much of its menace to the imagination.
    Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 4 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Out March 11 on Hulu, Last Take recounts the fatal shooting of Hutchins with exclusive insights into the inner tragedy that occurred before the event transformed into a media frenzy.
    Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 26 Feb. 2025
  • And though the wait isn’t over just yet, Rihanna — whose last studio album was 2016’s Anti, and who recently sent fans into a frenzy after she was spotted hitting the recording studio — assured listeners that her album will be anything but subpar.
    Bailey Richards, People.com, 23 Feb. 2025
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“Brainstorm.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/brainstorm. Accessed 12 Mar. 2025.

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