brainpower
Americannoun
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intellectual capacity; mental ability.
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people with superior mental abilities.
an emergency medical conference of all available brainpower.
noun
Etymology
Origin of brainpower
Example Sentences
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Many have questioned Brook's brainpower during his England career and at times this winter he has made it hard not to wonder.
From BBC • Feb. 24, 2026
The division has dwindled in recent months as Meta pours more resources into its teams chasing superintelligence, the goal to build AI systems that exceed human brainpower.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 11, 2025
The changes under Bhargava, said LaMarche, “will be a huge infusion of money, brainpower, and strategic thinking.”
From Seattle Times • Mar. 7, 2024
When Elon Musk sought a location for Tesla’s “global engineering headquarters,” the seat of the company’s innovative brainpower, he found it in Hewlett Packard’s former corporate headquarters — not in Austin, but Palo Alto.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 29, 2024
Yet William conquered a number of them in the 1920s and 1930s, using only paper, pencil, and brainpower.
From "The Woman All Spies Fear" by Amy Butler Greenfield
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