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

2 of 2

noun

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Verb
  • Make the transition seamless by maintaining a bedtime routine, child-proofing your home, communicating the change, and involving your kid in the process.
    Laura Broadwell, Parents, 18 Mar. 2025
  • The clip gives fans a look into his creative process as members of the OTF crew communicate with him on calls and run through songs making the tracklist’s cut.
    Michael Saponara, Billboard, 18 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Green might mean open to spontaneous brainstorming, while yellow indicates heads down but available for scheduled chats.
    Rachel Montanez, Forbes, 11 Mar. 2025
  • 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
Noun
  • But just as their lives seemed to fall into place, on Dec. 23, 2023, Brennan ended up in the emergency room after suffering multiple back spasms.
    Jordan Greene, People.com, 13 Mar. 2025
  • Montgomery is 1-for-9 with one home run and two RBIs in four Cactus League games, missing time with back spasms.
    LaMond Pope, Chicago Tribune, 11 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • She's laid off most of her staff and is talking with a realtor about selling the organization's office building.
    Jennifer Ludden, NPR, 15 Mar. 2025
  • Not one person talked to me about it—not Vince, not Hunter, no one from the office.
    Mark Davis, Newsweek, 15 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Cole credits the collection to legendary photographers such as Saul Leiter, Andreas Gursky and Ernst Haas—some of his greatest inspirations.
    Raja Krishnamoorthi, Newsweek, 13 Mar. 2025
  • Looking at her career, travel back to her homeland was a root of her inspiration.
    Pooja Shah, Forbes, 13 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Researchers found the drug often leaves users immobile and unresponsive and can cause intense emotional reactions, euphoria, convulsions, and vomiting.
    Lea Veloso, StyleCaster, 11 Mar. 2025
  • Serious health complications are possible, especially in children younger than 5, such as pneumonia — the most common cause of death from measles in young children — and swelling of the brain, which can trigger convulsions and lead to deafness or intellectual disability.
    Rong-Gong Lin II, Los Angeles Times, 6 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • To gossip well—ethically, and aesthetically, too—a person needs sympathy alongside judgment: not merely information but imagination.
    Alexandra Schwartz, The New Yorker, 17 Mar. 2025
  • Without naming and shaming his many imitators (and inspiring angry social media posts as a result), none approach their craft with the level of imagination and creativity that Carti does.
    Mosi Reeves, Rolling Stone, 17 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 25 Mar. 2025.

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