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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 Four Minute Men were the brainchild of a former newspaper joke writer named George Creel, who headed the Committee on Public Information (CPI).
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Annalee Newitz, Scientific American, 24 June 2024
The theatre group is the brainchild of journalist and author Joel Samberg, who moved to Avon back in 2010.
—Stephen Underwood, Hartford Courant, 22 June 2024
This summer camp was the brainchild of Vivian Azalia, the youth director at Dream Defenders, who was also once a teen in South Florida who was impacted by gun violence.
—Alecia Taylor, Miami Herald, 22 June 2024
The current model for holding an Olympic Trials over a more than week-long period was the brainchild of Bowerman, who pushed the U.S. Olympic Committee to hold the 1968 Trials in Echo Summit on the same competition schedule as the Mexico City Games.
—Scott M. Reid, Orange County Register, 19 June 2024
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Annalee Newitz, Scientific American, 24 June 2024
The theatre group is the brainchild of journalist and author Joel Samberg, who moved to Avon back in 2010.
—Stephen Underwood, Hartford Courant, 22 June 2024
This summer camp was the brainchild of Vivian Azalia, the youth director at Dream Defenders, who was also once a teen in South Florida who was impacted by gun violence.
—Alecia Taylor, Miami Herald, 22 June 2024
The current model for holding an Olympic Trials over a more than week-long period was the brainchild of Bowerman, who pushed the U.S. Olympic Committee to hold the 1968 Trials in Echo Summit on the same competition schedule as the Mexico City Games.
—Scott M. Reid, Orange County Register, 19 June 2024
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“Brainchild.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/brainchild. Accessed 7 Jul. 2024.
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