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Definition of brainchild
: a product of one's creative effort
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Examples of brainchild in a Sentence
The museum is the brainchild of a wealthy art collector.
the artificial language Esperanto was the brainchild of L. L. Zamenhof, a Polish oculist
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The baby roadsters were the brainchild of Powel Crosley, who became rich and famous first by making radios and appliances.
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The week-long event is the brainchild of Mobile's DJ Dirty Dan of WBLX FM.
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The garden was the brainchild of culinary instructor Lori Clark and was developed with the help of Adrienne Detanico of The Organic Gardener, a business in Highland Park, Ill., that creates organic, edible gardens.
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That 168 seconds of noise, now known as the Arecibo message, was the brainchild of the astronomer Frank Drake, then the director of the organization that oversaw the Arecibo facility.
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One, Inscape, is the brainchild of Khajak Keledjian, who made his fortune with Intermix, which curated outfits by high-end designers into looks that could work on the Jitney or at Marquee.
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The organization is the brainchild of Ted Halstead, a serial think-tank entrepreneur, who set out to craft traditionally conservative ideas into a potential climate fix.
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The 24-hour market is the brainchild of the Swedish company Wheelys, which developed the store alongside China's Hefei University and Himalayafy, an offshoot of Wheelys focused on Moby-specific tech.
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Democrats view the agency, the brainchild of now-Sen.
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BRAINCHILD Defined for English Language Learners
brainchild
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Definition of brainchild for English Language Learners
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: an idea, plan, or creation of one person
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