BRAINCHILD Synonyms: 36 Similar and Opposite Words

brainchild

noun

ˈbrān-ˌchī(-ə)ld

Definition of brainchild

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 An app created by veterans of nonprofits Escalate is the brainchild of Sienna Daniel and Sean Segal, two veterans of the nonprofit world. — Andrea Hsu, NPR, 17 Aug. 2026 The Berlin Wall had just come down and the school was the brainchild of a very large, very loud private university entrepreneur from Seattle. — Jack Dolan, Los Angeles Times, 11 Aug. 2026 But the brand itself started in 2014 — the brainchild of restaurateur Sam Fox of Fox Restaurant Concepts. — Kansas City Star, 11 Aug. 2026 The contentious center was the brainchild of Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier, who pitched the idea to federal officials in June 2025. — The Conversation, 11 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for brainchild

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When government applies the rules consistently, businesses have the confidence to invest, innovation is encouraged, public institutions earn greater trust and the public benefits.

— Robin Rossenfeld, Denver Post, 28 Aug. 2026
Local leaders hail the makeover as a turning point for storm-scarred New Orleans, reclaiming a blighted safety-net icon to drive medical innovation and economic revival across the Gulf South.

— Jack Brook, Los Angeles Times, 28 Aug. 2026

Definition of innovation

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Historically, of course, founder Edouard Hermes was a beloved Parisian saddlemaker and his invention in 1890s of the HAC.

— Guy Martin, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2026
Cinema is a relatively young art form; the idea of owning a personal copy of a film is an even more recent invention.

— Sophia Nguyen, The Atlantic, 28 Aug. 2026

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The content creation platform dominated by adult content creators just put out its latest annual numbers.

— Emma Hinchliffe, Fortune, 26 Aug. 2026
How Clarke reached this rarefied realm of cinematic creation—and then largely left it behind—is an exemplary story of artistic psychology, film history, and social politics.

— Richard Brody, New Yorker, 26 Aug. 2026

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