How to Use brainpower in a Sentence

brainpower

noun
  • The product is supposed to boost your brainpower.
  • The brainpower of the staff constitutes the company's greatest asset.
  • The company is increasing efforts to recruit scientific brainpower.
  • That would be a bonanza as far as brainpower and this is a great place to do it.
    — Paul Gattis, AL.com, 20 Feb. 2018
  • But the Dodgers also have flexed more brainpower in the draft.
    — Mark Kiszla, The Denver Post, 1 June 2020
  • That’s time and brainpower not spent thinking about the game itself.
    — Washington Post, 2 Nov. 2020
  • Being caught in a firestorm is a test of emotions as well as brainpower and judgment.
    — Dan McGinn, Washington Post, 11 July 2024
  • Smart robots will have both the muscle to do the work and the brainpower to run themselves.
    — Kevin Drum, Foreign Affairs, 14 June 2018
  • There are these stories that take up so much space and brainpower for a fleeting moment.
    — Julia Felsenthal, Vogue, 17 Jan. 2018
  • Use diverse brainpower to solve for problems no one person or team can see alone.
    — Agur Jõgi, Forbes.com, 22 Aug. 2025
  • And, with all due respect to the people doing the work, none of these tasks takes much brainpower.
    — Gene Marks, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024
  • That brainpower is something many of us humans take for granted.
    — David Levin, Discover Magazine, 27 Aug. 2018
  • But that would require brainpower — and War of the Worlds makes sure to suck that dry.
    — Ct Jones, Rolling Stone, 12 Aug. 2025
  • No one else has any place in their displays of would-be brainpower and self-consuming testosterone.
    — Andy Webster, New York Times, 14 Sep. 2017
  • Yes, a study has found that drinking tea boosts creative brainpower as well as helping to put people in a good mood.
    — Matthew Diebel, USA TODAY, 7 Mar. 2018
  • But to pull them off, the tech giant would need more scientific brainpower.
    — Quanta Magazine, 26 June 2024
  • No stakes, no stories or plots to pay attention to, no brainpower needed.
    — Anna Borges, SELF, 28 Oct. 2020
  • He is chided for his opinions on race and for believing that women have less brainpower than men.
    — Elizabeth Kolbert, New Yorker, 22 June 2026
  • The president responded that if the claim was true, the two should duke it out in a battle of brainpower.
    — Washington Post, 10 Oct. 2017
  • One of Shore Fire’s greatest strengths is our brainpower with all 45 staffers.
    — Melinda Newman, Billboard, 24 Aug. 2023
  • The models, the science, the research, all of those hours of work and all of that brainpower, can take a team only so far.
    — Rory Smith, New York Times, 22 June 2017
  • There is no detail Nancy doesn’t tend to with a lot of attention and a lot of brainpower.
    — Rachel Handler, Vulture, 11 Oct. 2025
  • But that’s a level of brainpower likely on par with average birds rather than the likes of chimps or parrots.
    — Amy McKeever, National Geographic, 18 Nov. 2020
  • So the brainpower on our shows is strong enough to be recruited by the Patriots.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 15 Sep. 2019
  • To understand what’s next, follow the flow of money and brainpower.
    — Diane Brady, Fortune, 9 Dec. 2025
  • Put your brainpower to work fighting a leading cause of death and disability.
    — Bob Hirshon, Discover Magazine, 11 Sep. 2020
  • Really, maybe the dumbest day of all time in terms of collective brainpower.
    — Andrew R. Chow, Time, 6 Jan. 2023
  • Scratch that approach and start thinking about what your workday lunch (and every other meal, too) can do for you and your brainpower.
    — Moira Lawler, Fortune, 13 July 2017
  • Gamma radiation gives him green skin, an engorged skull, and off-the-charts brainpower.
    — Nick Romano, EW.com, 29 July 2024
  • This format should force the parties to work together, calm the tension and put our brainpower and time to better use.
    — Star Tribune, 15 Oct. 2020

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