brainchild

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Sora was the brainchild of Tim Brooks and Bill Peebles, two researchers who became close friends while completing doctorate degrees at the University of California, Berkeley.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 30, 2026

The Comic Relief charity, set up in 1985, was the brainchild of filmmaker Richard Curtis and comedian Sir Lenny Henry.

From BBC • Mar. 19, 2026

The second sibling duo on our lineup, Tropa Magica is the brainchild of brothers David and Rene Pacheco.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 11, 2026

It wasn’t until economist Ralph Anspach became entangled in a legal battle with the game maker in the 1970s that the true story and Magie’s brainchild came to light.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 21, 2026

Broken Windows was the brainchild of the criminologists James Q. Wilson and George Kelling.

From "The Tipping Point" by Malcolm Gladwell