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Recent Examples of brain wave
It’s also known as a polysomnography, and the study records your brain waves, the oxygen level in your blood, and your heart rate and breathing during sleep.
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Lea Veloso, StyleCaster, 10 Oct. 2024
All brain waves fall into different categories of electric wave speed, measured in hertz (Hz).
—Brittany Dube, Health, 13 Aug. 2024
Binaural beats don't all sound the same, but they're created the same way—by interacting with the frequencies of your brain waves.
—Brittany Dube, Health, 13 Aug. 2024
Seeking an alternative treatment option, Mody and his team turned to gamma oscillations – high-frequency brain waves that have been associated with memory and other cognitive processes.
—New Atlas, 8 Aug. 2024
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Lea Veloso, StyleCaster, 10 Oct. 2024
All brain waves fall into different categories of electric wave speed, measured in hertz (Hz).
—Brittany Dube, Health, 13 Aug. 2024
Binaural beats don't all sound the same, but they're created the same way—by interacting with the frequencies of your brain waves.
—Brittany Dube, Health, 13 Aug. 2024
Seeking an alternative treatment option, Mody and his team turned to gamma oscillations – high-frequency brain waves that have been associated with memory and other cognitive processes.
—New Atlas, 8 Aug. 2024
See all Example Sentences for brain wave
Recent Examples of Synonyms for brain wave
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While the triggers for the extreme cold at that time are debated, prevailing theories involve changes in tectonic plate activity, including the release of particles into the atmosphere that reflected sunlight away from Earth.Liam Courtney-Davies, Discover Magazine, 14 Nov. 2024
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One theory is that its effects may have something to do with the drugs’ ability to induce the feeling of satiation.Kaitlin Sullivan, NBC News, 13 Nov. 2024
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The hypothesis has come under serious scrutiny in biomechanical studies, as well as a growing body of medical and legal literature.Kiara Alfonseca, ABC News, 16 Oct. 2024
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Bloodwork results furnish evidence for Elsbeth’s roofie hypothesis; Mac had high levels of a substance called scopolamine in her system.Sophie Brookover, Vulture, 31 Oct. 2024
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This usually would be a good guess—the mainstream media, especially those who are addicted to social media, tend to be out of touch.Jay Caspian Kang, The New Yorker, 1 Nov. 2024
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What happens after, however, seems to be anyone’s guess.Kate Lindsay, Vulture, 1 Nov. 2024
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Marking its 70th anniversary in 2023, Buchinger Wilhelmi in Überlingen, Germany, was the brainchild of a clean-living German naval doctor, Otto Buchinger (1878-1966), whose career was cut short by excruciating rheumatism.Bill Prince, theweek, 7 Nov. 2024
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The development of this chiming mechanism is the brainchild of Christopher Ward's Master Watchmaker, Frank Stelzer.Bhanu Chopra, Forbes, 31 Oct. 2024
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The choice of In Italian as the inspiration for the collection was deliberate, according to Dom Pérignon’s management.Rachel King, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2024
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The red seconds hand draws inspiration from the brand’s signature red rivets.Angela Velasquez, Sourcing Journal, 5 Nov. 2024
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News on the luxury grapevine lifted shares of Burberry and EssilorLuxottica yesterday amid speculation that two major industry deals are underway.Prarthana Prakash, Fortune Europe, 5 Nov. 2024
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The news of Beau’s death, along with, now, the heartbreaking news of Jackie’s arrest in connection with his death has overwhelmed us with grief and speculation and confusion.Vicki Gerdes / Forum News Service, Twin Cities, 4 Nov. 2024
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However, careful scientific examination has proved both those conjectures wrong.Paul Smaglik, Discover Magazine, 5 Nov. 2024
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What happened after that is conjecture mixed with logic and the findings of a United States Department of Justice investigation.Tracy Scott Forson, Smithsonian Magazine, 4 Nov. 2024
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One of these indictments even yielded a conviction, albeit on 34 relatively minor charges of falsifying business records.Vox Staff, Vox, 6 Nov. 2024
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This conviction was also in Solano County, and he was sentenced to prison.Caelyn Pender, The Mercury News, 5 Nov. 2024
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“Brain wave.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/brain%20wave. Accessed 23 Nov. 2024.
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