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Recent Examples of brain wave
The technology tracked brain waves, trying to detect stress and attention levels.
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Kate Conger, New York Times, 14 Jan. 2025
The company’s first product, which began preorders this year, tracks brain waves with electrocephalography (EEG) sensors, then tweaks them with sound waves delivered via bone conduction.
—IEEE Spectrum, 22 Dec. 2024
Scientists found that during an Access Bars session, the brain waves reach a state of 1-hertz delta, which normally can only be reached during a deep sleep phase.
—David Kubes, Forbes, 21 Nov. 2024
Calcium regulates brain waves during the restful sleep phase (non-rapid eye movement sleep).3
Dairy products, fatty fish with bones, and certain vegetables like kale and bok choy naturally contain calcium.
—Amy Brownstein, Ms, Rdn, Verywell Health, 16 Dec. 2024
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Kate Conger, New York Times, 14 Jan. 2025
The company’s first product, which began preorders this year, tracks brain waves with electrocephalography (EEG) sensors, then tweaks them with sound waves delivered via bone conduction.
—IEEE Spectrum, 22 Dec. 2024
Scientists found that during an Access Bars session, the brain waves reach a state of 1-hertz delta, which normally can only be reached during a deep sleep phase.
—David Kubes, Forbes, 21 Nov. 2024
Calcium regulates brain waves during the restful sleep phase (non-rapid eye movement sleep).3
Dairy products, fatty fish with bones, and certain vegetables like kale and bok choy naturally contain calcium.
—Amy Brownstein, Ms, Rdn, Verywell Health, 16 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for brain wave
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Now, an actor has shot down the most prevalent finale theory about her character explicitly.—
Paul Tassi,
Forbes,
22 Mar. 2025
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Zoom in: Here are 10 theories, based on conversations with dozens of top Democrats, on what went wrong and what needs to change.—
Alex Thompson,
Axios,
22 Mar. 2025
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The leading explanation for all of these mysteries is known as the giant impact hypothesis.—
Paul Sutter,
Space.com,
17 Mar. 2025
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The causes of both events had been long debated, however one hypothesis has linked them to depletions in the Earth's protective ozone layer, such as might be caused by a supernova going off in local space.—
David Faris,
Newsweek,
17 Mar. 2025
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After some wild previous guesses, including Jeong thinking Pearl was Madonna, the panel had more reasonable (though obviously swayed by the night's theme) predictions for who could be under the mask.—
Jillian Sederholm,
EW.com,
20 Mar. 2025
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The person with the closest guess, without going over, gets to play the next game.—
Tasha Tsiaperas,
Axios,
17 Mar. 2025
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The tournament was the brainchild of Buchholz, who had been barnstorming around the country with fellow players Barry MacKay, Pancha Segura, Pancho Gonzales, and others, making some money at the sport while entertaining crowds.—
Michelle Kaufman,
Miami Herald,
22 Mar. 2025
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Broadly speaking, the initiative is the brainchild of Mathew Oommen, chief executive of Jio Platforms Limited.—
Will Townsend,
Forbes,
18 Mar. 2025
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Warmer perfumes overall are currently trending (vanilla, anyone?), but, unlike the more popular gourmands taking over TikTok, musky perfumes take inspiration from skin rather than your pantry.—
Jennifer Hussein,
Allure,
23 Mar. 2025
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Hailey Bieber never stops mining the food pyramid for fresh beauty inspiration.—
Emily Tannenbaum,
Glamour,
23 Mar. 2025
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Newsom is one in a deep bench of Democratic governors stoking 2028 speculation, while Ocasio-Cortez herself is thought to have ambitions for higher office.—
David Sivak,
The Washington Examiner,
29 Mar. 2025
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Atlanta Falcons quarterback Kirk Cousins’ offseason travels sparked speculation online about which NFL team the veteran could suit up for next season.—
Paulina Dedaj,
FOXNews.com,
29 Mar. 2025
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Proving the full conjecture seemed prohibitively difficult.—
Leila Sloman,
WIRED,
23 Mar. 2025
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There is only immense conjecture of what that might be like.—
Lance Eliot,
Forbes,
16 Mar. 2025
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After being coerced into committing murder against a rival polygamist, Rena miraculously escapes conviction, yet her fear for her life and her daughter’s safety becomes palpable.—
Denise Petski,
Deadline,
27 Mar. 2025
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However, in 2016, according to court papers and Lopez’s attorney, DHS changed its position, deemed him a legal resident but not a citizen and initiated removal proceedings because of his drug conviction.—
Albinson Linares,
NBC news,
27 Mar. 2025
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“Brain wave.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/brain%20wave. Accessed 2 Apr. 2025.
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