brainy
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In a World Cup where the boffins with their big brainy heads and their super computers are working overtime on who might play who in the last 32, there are other calculations worth conjuring with.
From BBC • Jun. 21, 2026
While corvids and parrots are unquestionably brainy, they flounder with some cognitive tasks.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026
At 12, the brainy boy who read the World Almanac for pleasure appeared on the popular radio show “Quiz Kids.”
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 7, 2025
Sir Stephen Fry lived up to his brainy reputation over breakfast, by predicting the chessboard was back: "I could be a knight - oh, I already am," he joked.
From BBC • Oct. 23, 2025
Three adults sat in the front row looking extremely brainy.
From "The Smartest Kid in the Universe" by Chris Grabenstein
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