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Recent Examples of brain wave
Tied to the latter are declines in the speed and the complexity of brain waves that are a lot like the declines seen in sleeping or unconscious brains.
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Sam Walters, Discover Magazine, 24 Apr. 2025
The firm, which has raised $25 million, has developed a helmet that can read brain waves and track eye movements, part of a brain-computer interface market that could grow to $80 billion by 2035, according to Morgan Stanley.
—Danielle Chemtob, Forbes, 12 Mar. 2025
The quiet bursts of staticky pink noise are supposed to disrupt those brain waves, encouraging your brain to sink closer to sleep.
—Maggie Ryan, Flow Space, 10 Mar. 2025
Neuro procedures are always the scariest, because the surgeons are basically poking around in a little black box and staring at brain waves and hoping their patients don’t wake up partially lobotomized.
—Laura Bradley, Vulture, 4 Apr. 2025
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Sam Walters, Discover Magazine, 24 Apr. 2025
The firm, which has raised $25 million, has developed a helmet that can read brain waves and track eye movements, part of a brain-computer interface market that could grow to $80 billion by 2035, according to Morgan Stanley.
—Danielle Chemtob, Forbes, 12 Mar. 2025
The quiet bursts of staticky pink noise are supposed to disrupt those brain waves, encouraging your brain to sink closer to sleep.
—Maggie Ryan, Flow Space, 10 Mar. 2025
Neuro procedures are always the scariest, because the surgeons are basically poking around in a little black box and staring at brain waves and hoping their patients don’t wake up partially lobotomized.
—Laura Bradley, Vulture, 4 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for brain wave
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With the biggest advocate for the impact theory gone, the mystery has lingered for decades.—
Mike Bezemek,
Smithsonian Magazine,
10 July 2025
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Perpetuating unfounded theories about Epstein serves neither of those ends.—
Khaleda Rahman,
MSNBC Newsweek,
10 July 2025
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Failing to test hypotheses via incremental launches and skipping milestone checks risks prioritizing activity over impact, wasting resources on features customers may not value or use rather than driving meaningful innovation.—
Expert Panel®,
Forbes.com,
1 July 2025
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In the search for extraterrestrial life, much like climate change, there is a detection and attribution phase, which requires the robust testing of hypotheses and also rigorous scrutiny.—
Oliver Swainston,
Space.com,
28 June 2025
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My guess is that in the next few years a number of them will not and will be gone.—
Ira Winderman,
Sun Sentinel,
6 July 2025
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Whether the killer had skipped town – or still lurked among them – was anyone's guess.—
Sasha Pezenik,
ABC News,
4 July 2025
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The event was the brainchild of Maddy Biebel, a digital marketer working to revamp the restaurant's weeknight programming.—
Jennifer Liu,
CNBC,
11 July 2025
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The new turntable has been designed from the ground up and is the brainchild of AVID’s founder/owner, Conrad Mas.—
Mark Sparrow,
Forbes.com,
11 July 2025
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David Weigel: What’s your inspiration for asking these questions?—
David Weigel,
semafor.com,
11 July 2025
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Many other fellow moms commented and praised Chambers for being an inspiration.—
Daniella Gray,
MSNBC Newsweek,
11 July 2025
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Ahead of the release of James Gunn's Superman (in theaters now), speculation spiraled around who exactly was underneath the black suit of this mysterious figure.—
EW.com,
EW.com,
14 July 2025
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With deal speculation set to heat up, another twist is Steven Mnuchin, the Secretary of the Treasury during President Trump’s first term and a former Goldman Sachs banker.—
Jill Goldsmith,
Deadline,
11 July 2025
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That was all conjecture, and even many Democrats urged Abrams to concede and move on.—
David Mark,
The Washington Examiner,
4 July 2025
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Not everyone goes along with that instantaneous intelligence explosion conjecture.—
Lance Eliot,
Forbes.com,
1 July 2025
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Following his conviction, DNA evidence connected him to raping a teacher at gunpoint at school in 1997.—
Eduardo Cuevas,
USA Today,
13 July 2025
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Instead, the show reflects the tone and tactics of actual missions, like the arrest of Terry Sakamoto, a fugitive with prior convictions for robbery, assault and making criminal threats, per ABC News.—
Aya Al-Hakim,
People.com,
13 July 2025
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“Brain wave.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/brain%20wave. Accessed 19 Jul. 2025.
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