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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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
Walking 7,000 steps a day can be enough to boost your brainpower and help protect against a range of different diseases, a major study suggests.
From BBC ● Jul. 23, 2025
All that brainpower would have been for naught, however, save for the beneficence of Uncle Sam.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 16, 2025
Daniel Costa, an ecologist at the University of California, Santa Cruz, told the publication that elephant seals may have more brainpower than he previously believed.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 4, 2024
For the next few days, Jake focused on not revealing his newfound brainpower.
From "The Smartest Kid in the Universe" by Chris Grabenstein
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