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
Alligator Alcatraz was the brainchild of Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier, an ambitious 38-year-old protégé of DeSantis.
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Eric Schlosser, The Atlantic, 4 June 2026
The brainchild of co-founders Sasha and Ailee Petrovic, the brand officially debuted on May 15 in its home base of Austin, Texas, before a broader Central Texas rollout this summer.
—Claudia Alarcón, Forbes.com, 31 May 2026
Afrobeat was the brainchild of Fela and the legendary drummer Tony Allen.
—ABC News, 31 May 2026
To be able to tackle something yet again with him, that was really our own brainchild — a dream come true.
—Zoey Lyttle, PEOPLE, 24 May 2026
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Eric Schlosser, The Atlantic, 4 June 2026
The brainchild of co-founders Sasha and Ailee Petrovic, the brand officially debuted on May 15 in its home base of Austin, Texas, before a broader Central Texas rollout this summer.
—Claudia Alarcón, Forbes.com, 31 May 2026
Afrobeat was the brainchild of Fela and the legendary drummer Tony Allen.
—ABC News, 31 May 2026
To be able to tackle something yet again with him, that was really our own brainchild — a dream come true.
—Zoey Lyttle, PEOPLE, 24 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for brainchild
Noun
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The astronomical pay package and eye-popping performance targets are on brand for Musk, whose track record of innovation is perhaps matched only by his thirst for attention.—
Amanda Gerut,
Fortune,
6 June 2026
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Applicants may interpret topics such as climate justice, corporate greenwashing, Indigenous rights, material innovation, wildlife and biodiversity, waste and pollution, grassroots activism, recycling and circularity, and the physical and mental impacts of the climate crisis.—
Vogue,
Vogue,
6 June 2026
Noun
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The Brooklynite was an invention of the bar at the Stork Club, the most famous nightclub in New York.—
Jeremy Repanich,
Robb Report,
6 June 2026
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For the unfamiliar, jibaritos are a Chicago invention deeply tied to the city's Puerto Rican population, and here, Irizarry and friends fry plantains to a tostone-perfection.—
Jessi Roti,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
5 June 2026
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This land has long been revered as the home of Pele, the goddess of creation and destruction.—
Alia Beard Rau,
USA Today,
10 June 2026
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If the act of reading a story is the coming together of reader and writer, the creation of a delicate channel between subjectivities, what happens to that provisional bond when our proxy is knocked off?—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
10 June 2026
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“Brainchild.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/brainchild. Accessed 11 Jun. 2026.
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