brain cell
Americannoun
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brain cells
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Where I lose patience, though, is when a director assumes the audience doesn’t have a collective brain cell among them and attempts to get away with serving action fans a ration of gruel.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 21, 2026
The researchers believe this pathway could eventually lead to therapies that reduce brain cell loss in dementia.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 5, 2026
Don’t waste one brain cell trying to deduce the assassin.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 5, 2026
Using this method, they constructed causal gene regulatory networks for six major brain cell types.
From Science Daily ● Feb. 15, 2026
Because he needed every brain cell he could spare focused on Mr. Peckleman’s riddle.
From "Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics" by Chris Grabenstein
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