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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
That strengthens culture, collaboration and brainstorming, company officials have said. Paul Davidson, USA TODAY, 21 Jan. 2025 The Alaska story represents Perkins’ tireless brainstorming of ways to help and also, perhaps, her blind spot to a more sinister history of American settler colonialism. Sara Georgini, Smithsonian Magazine, 21 Jan. 2025 For instance, promoting initiatives like regular brainstorming sessions and pilot programs for new tools can inspire employees to innovate. Ricardo Madan, Forbes, 21 Jan. 2025 In allowing legislative brainstorming and strategy meetings to be private, the public isn’t being denied an opportunity to see into the legislative machine. Krista Kafer, The Denver Post, 15 Jan. 2025 See All Example Sentences for brainstorming
Recent Examples of Synonyms for brainstorming
Noun
  • Attend seminars on Texas wildlife and conservation and take your kids to the Junction for the petting zoo.
    Shafaq Patel, Axios, 28 Feb. 2025
  • Doerr provides the example, taken from the original seminar taught by Grove, in which the objective is to dominate a new sector in the microcomputer-component market, and one of the key results is to come up with ten new designs for a component.
    Cal Newport, The New Yorker, 25 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • These people are turning to AI for ideation, drafting communications, and editing.
    Emily Forlini, PCMAG, 20 Feb. 2025
  • There are several poems that grapple with suicidal thoughts and ideation.
    Ilana Kaplan, People.com, 11 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • After the conference sessions, guests can also unwind at live entertainment events and happy hours.
    John Hall, Forbes, 28 Feb. 2025
  • The tech world billionaire quickly went to work pressuring federal employees to leave, doing joint interviews with Trump and appearing at a right-wing Christian conference last week waving a chainsaw.
    Brian Niemietz, New York Daily News, 28 Feb. 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
  • Importantly, organizations that value creativity and continuous innovation are not only more experienced in reimagining how new ideas can enhance their work but also in bringing them to life.
    Jodi Euerle Eddy, Forbes, 4 Mar. 2025
  • But the singer-songwriter is adept at funneling past pain into the present, and seems driven and solid in his creativity and life.
    Katherine Turman, Los Angeles Times, 4 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Related Articles The symposium marked one of the highest-profile private sector meetings in recent years, with the last comparable event dating back to November 2018.
    Li Jun, WWD, 24 Feb. 2025
  • The Institute will host its inaugural symposium on February 6, 2025, in Houston.
    Rhea Wessel, Forbes, 23 Jan. 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
  • Speaking on a panel at the SHE Media CO-Lab at SXSW in Austin, Texas, on Friday, More and Potter shared the moment that changed everything.
    Emily Cegielski, Flow Space, 7 Mar. 2025
  • Johnson, an ultra-ambitious Texas Democrat but a junior House member of the House Naval Affairs Committee (which became the House Armed Services Committee after World War II), correctly surmised the panel’s imperious chairman, Georgia Democrat Carl Vinson, wasn’t going anywhere.
    David Mark, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 7 Mar. 2025

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