brain-teaser
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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In the lab, each person attempted to solve a series of brain teaser puzzles, with three minutes allotted per puzzle.
From Science Daily • Feb. 15, 2026
But we didn’t flock to the original story for a brain teaser.
From Salon • Feb. 2, 2024
It’s an understandable trait, considering he is generally smarter than everyone else, but it’s ill-advised when a heated situation sometimes calls not for a brain teaser, but common sense.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 27, 2022
The footage, viewed more than 21 million times, garnered thousands of comments from people who appreciated the brain teaser.
From Fox News • Dec. 3, 2021
He was taking my metamorphosis as a brain teaser, like the ones in the back of his sci-fi magazines.
From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides
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