as in innovation
something (as a device) created for the first time through the use of the imagination
the artificial language Esperanto was the brainchild of L. L. Zamenhof, a Polish oculist
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Recent Examples of brainchild
Akashiro is the brainchild of Diego Kanashiro and Richard Galla (both Peruvian-Japanese) and Manuel Tam (Peruvian-Chinese).
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Brock Keeling, Oc Register, 22 Sep. 2025
The games are the brainchild of Aron D’Souza, a forty-year-old Australian entrepreneur and lawyer known for leading the litigation, brought by Hulk Hogan and bankrolled by Peter Thiel, against Gawker Media.
—Charles Bethea, New Yorker, 20 Sep. 2025
The Laver Cup was the brainchild of Roger Federer and his longtime agent Tony Godsick.
—Tim Ellis, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2025
Hackett's brainchild Dobleske and Bill Ford declined to say how much Ford spent to develop the new campus and world HQ building.
—Jamie L. Lareau, USA Today, 17 Sep. 2025
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Brock Keeling, Oc Register, 22 Sep. 2025
The games are the brainchild of Aron D’Souza, a forty-year-old Australian entrepreneur and lawyer known for leading the litigation, brought by Hulk Hogan and bankrolled by Peter Thiel, against Gawker Media.
—Charles Bethea, New Yorker, 20 Sep. 2025
The Laver Cup was the brainchild of Roger Federer and his longtime agent Tony Godsick.
—Tim Ellis, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2025
Hackett's brainchild Dobleske and Bill Ford declined to say how much Ford spent to develop the new campus and world HQ building.
—Jamie L. Lareau, USA Today, 17 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for brainchild
Noun
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While OpenAI says that scaling is key to driving innovation and future AI breakthroughs, investors and analysts are beginning to raise their eyebrows over the mindboggling sums.—
Lim Hui Jie,
CNBC,
29 Sep. 2025
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Made in Africa is a monthly column by Rolling Stone staff writer Mankaprr Conteh that celebrates and interrogates the lives, concerns, and innovations of cultural workers of the African diaspora from their vantage point.—
Mankaprr Conteh,
Rolling Stone,
29 Sep. 2025
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Out of this mess came the last great invention of the twentieth century.—
Julian Lucas,
New Yorker,
29 Sep. 2025
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Jacques Cousteau’s 1949 aqualung invention spurred a new era of undersea activity.—
Danny Robb,
JSTOR Daily,
26 Sep. 2025
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There are obstacles to the creation of a drone wall, namely its financing, management — given its cross-border nature and the diversity of airspace security laws — as well as issues to do with technical integration, according to Miriam McNabb, editor in chief of the online Dronelife publication.—
Holly Ellyatt,
CNBC,
1 Oct. 2025
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City of Yes passed at the end of last year, promising to create more than 80,000 new homes over 15 years, in part by legalizing the creation of apartments in people’s backyards or basements of people’s single- and two-family homes.—
Matthew Sedacca,
Curbed,
30 Sep. 2025
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And if that concoction of unpredictable strengths wasn’t enough, Florida even won in special teams, blocking a Texas punt for a safety in the second quarter.—
Noah White,
Miami Herald,
5 Oct. 2025
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The funky-looking concoction everyone’s obsessed with?—
Ashia Aubourg,
Outside,
26 Sep. 2025
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“Brainchild.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/brainchild. Accessed 6 Oct. 2025.
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