Or do you mean the intelligence, the brainpower as such, as distinct from any outside object, the table, let us say, that cup.
"Ulysses"
James Joyce
It seems that the fabulous project has working for it an egghead whose brainpower is such a necessity that he is hired even though he is a notorious accident prone.
"Jack of No Trades"
Charles Cottrell
The annual cost per student is skyrocketing to astronomical levels-now averaging $1,650 a year, although almost half of our families earn less than $5,000. They cannot afford such costs-but this Nation cannot afford to maintain its military power and neglect its brainpower.
"Complete State of the Union Addresses from 1790 to the Present"
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