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
  • Dates for store closures or changes to the website and app will be communicated as soon as possible, according to Joann.
    Amaris Encinas, USA TODAY, 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
  • Emma Stone is also spotted talking to Blackpink member Lisa and posing for a photo together.
    Brian Truitt, USA TODAY, 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
  • The meal concluded with a luscious pavlova, but the conversation lingered well into the night, as the fashion week frenzy charged ahead toward its final stretch of shows and soirées.
    Kristen Bateman, Vogue, 10 Mar. 2025
  • Big Tech stocks and companies that rode the artificial intelligence frenzy in recent years have slumped sharply.
    Stan Choe, Los Angeles Times, 10 Mar. 2025
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“Brainstorm.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/brainstorm. Accessed 13 Mar. 2025.

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