How to Use brainchild in a Sentence

brainchild

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  • The museum is the brainchild of a wealthy art collector.
  • The habit is the brainchild of coach Alex Clemsen, who has helmed the Terps since April 2019.
    — Edward Lee, Baltimore Sun, 1 Jan. 2023
  • The bonkers new submersible, which is the brainchild of Rob Innes, has the body of a shark and the power of a jetboat.
    — Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 7 Feb. 2023
  • The contest is the brainchild of New Bedford Food Tours.
    — Lauren Daley, BostonGlobe.com, 31 Jan. 2023
  • The album was the brainchild of 7A Records co-owner Glenn Gretlund.
    — Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 13 Sep. 2023
  • Death was the brainchild of Chuck Shuldiner, who played all the instruments on the record save drums.
    — Jim Ruland, Los Angeles Times, 1 May 2023
  • Yeah, so this fair was the brainchild of Prince Albert, who is the husband of Queen Victoria.
    — Quartz Staff, Quartz, 2 May 2023
  • Nee’s brainchild went on to win a Peabody Award in 2014 for children’s programming.
    — Katie Reul, Variety, 26 Oct. 2022
  • The brand is the brainchild of three-time Olympic medalist Kari Traa, a promising guarantee for warmth on the slopes and beyond.
    — Marisa Petrarca, Travel + Leisure, 20 Feb. 2024
  • FanDuel began in 2009 thanks to the brainchild of five colleagues and friends.
    — Gary Pearson | Catena Media, oregonlive, 9 Dec. 2022
  • This place is the brainchild of co-owners and life partners Emily Williams and Laurence Faber.
    — Chelsea Brasted, Southern Living, 23 Aug. 2023
  • The company is the brainchild of Miray Cruises, which has been in the industry for 30 years.
    — Chris Morris, Fortune, 3 Mar. 2023
  • The idea was the brainchild of sculptor Forrest Myers, who took a deep interest in the space program.
    — Carlyn Kranking, Smithsonian Magazine, 15 Dec. 2022
  • But before all of that, the elephant was the brainchild of de Brunhoff's father, Jean de Brunhoff.
    — Charlotte Phillipp, Peoplemag, 25 Mar. 2024
  • Hosting a college event at Petco was the brainchild of Tony Gwynn, who a year earlier had become the head coach of the Aztecs.
    — Kirk Kenney, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Mar. 2024
  • To be able to tackle something yet again with him, that was really our own brainchild — a dream come true.
    — Natalia Senanayake, Peoplemag, 22 June 2023
  • Bluesky was the brainchild of Dorsey before the Musk chaos, and Twitter initially funded the platform.
    — Steve Mollman, Fortune, 29 Apr. 2023
  • Charbox is the brainchild of a group of Texas investors who created a product that is perfect for grab-and-go grilling.
    — Chuck Blount, San Antonio Express-News, 28 Dec. 2022
  • The project was the brainchild of MullenLowe, a marketing firm working with Manuel Oliver, whose son was killed in the massacre.
    — Ellie Silverman, Washington Post, 14 Feb. 2024
  • That choice was the brainchild of my partner producer Jess Rosenthal.
    — Ashley Lee, Los Angeles Times, 4 Oct. 2023
  • The pitch clock was the brainchild, in part, of former Red Sox general manager Theo Epstein.
    — Dan Shaughnessy, BostonGlobe.com, 3 Mar. 2023
  • At that point, the only value in Larry Scott’s brainchild will be the infrastructure.
    — Jon Wilner | , oregonlive, 14 Aug. 2023
  • The brainchild of entrepreneur Alex Kanwetz, the Spacruzzi is a cross between a hot tub and an electric dayboat.
    — Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 21 Nov. 2022
  • Constructed in 1926, the home had been the brainchild of legendary Hollywood mogul Louis B. Mayer.
    — Jordan Runtagh, Peoplemag, 31 Oct. 2023
  • The bill, a brainchild of one faction of the Republican party, does not yet have broad GOP support, and is unlikely to pass.
    — Anna Kaufman, USA TODAY, 6 Feb. 2023
  • The original show, which ran for nine seasons, was the brainchild of Reinhold Weege, a spark plug of a television writer who earned three Emmys for the show.
    — Joshua Alston, Variety, 17 Jan. 2023
  • The trolls are the brainchild of Danish artist and environmentalist Thomas Dambo.
    — oregonlive, 11 Aug. 2023
  • The brainchild of Pickford during the Great Depression, the pledge ensured that studio workers making more than $200 a week funneled a half a percent of their wages to the Fund.
    — Katie Kilkenny, The Hollywood Reporter, 8 Nov. 2022
  • The chunky version of that sleek silhouette, and those wild stripes, was the brainchild of former Gap designer Elliot Staples.
    — Liana Satenstein, Vogue, 22 Dec. 2022
  • In the series, the novel tearaway pants concept for the strippers is the brainchild of designer and superfan Denise (Juliette Lewis).
    — Bryan Alexander, USA TODAY, 22 Nov. 2022

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