as in nerve
shameless boldness
had the brass to demand a refund for something they had broken themselves!
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Recent Examples of brass
The ensemble are supported by a fine onstage band that includes a brass trio.
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Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 July 2025
This mirror is on super sale, and a surprising deviation from the brand’s usual whimsy, featuring brutalist influences in iron and brass.
—Julia Harrison, Architectural Digest, 8 July 2025
Banjos, brass and a proper ranchera At times, Willie's annual musical offering presented a wonderfully unexpected mix.
—Ana Gutierrez, Austin American Statesman, 7 July 2025
Inside, all the tents are decorated in classic campaign style: think trunks, leather furniture, and brass light fixtures.
—Flora Stubbs, Travel + Leisure, 8 July 2025
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Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 July 2025
This mirror is on super sale, and a surprising deviation from the brand’s usual whimsy, featuring brutalist influences in iron and brass.
—Julia Harrison, Architectural Digest, 8 July 2025
Banjos, brass and a proper ranchera At times, Willie's annual musical offering presented a wonderfully unexpected mix.
—Ana Gutierrez, Austin American Statesman, 7 July 2025
Inside, all the tents are decorated in classic campaign style: think trunks, leather furniture, and brass light fixtures.
—Flora Stubbs, Travel + Leisure, 8 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for brass
Noun
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Medrano, according to the suit, went to a doctor after her arrest and was diagnosed with a nerve compression injury in her left wrist and thumb because of the zip ties.—
Lily Kepner,
Austin American Statesman,
30 July 2025
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The speech, seen as a rebuke of the steroid era, struck a nerve because Sandberg was never a big talker.—
Jon Greenberg,
New York Times,
29 July 2025
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People were essentially imprisoned in their homes, yet Newsom had the gall to dine mask-free at French Laundry with lobbyists.—
Houman Hemmati,
Oc Register,
20 July 2025
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And for all this some institutions have the gall to charge undergraduates upwards of $100,000 a year!—
Adrian Wooldridge,
Twin Cities,
6 May 2025
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The sweeping track was inspired in part by Rebecca Solnit’s 2014 collection Men Explain Things to Me, with the titular essay providing a scathing look at male arrogance and how conversations between men and women go awry.—
Daniel Kreps,
Rolling Stone,
16 July 2025
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But nothing in his tenure captures all at once the sense of arrogance, tone-deafness to the concerns of Floridians and obsession with keeping secrets.—
Orlando Sentinel,
The Orlando Sentinel,
20 June 2025
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“Brass.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/brass. Accessed 7 Aug. 2025.
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