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gray matter

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gray matter
Fig. intelligence; brains; power of thought. Use your gray matter and think what will happen if the committee resigns. Surely they'll come up with an acceptable solution if they use some gray matter.
See also: gray, matter


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In lieu of personalities, the characters in the new film Gray Matters have lists.
In animals whose mothers had had ultrasound sessions that added up to 30 minutes or more, the scientists found that a significant number of neurons destined for the brain's outer layers of gray matter had become improperly embedded in inner layers of white matter.
Only the stuff encountered here is more psychologically playful, like a brainstorm of real gray matter and a runaway Train of Thought.
 
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