brainchild

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He’s the brainchild behind my favorite dish, the Fuhgeddaboudit pizza, which is made with pastrami, pickles and mustard.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 23, 2026

The musical was the brainchild of Jon Brittain, who will be writing the adaptation with a soundtrack composed by Cooper and Nick Coler.

From BBC • Apr. 21, 2026

Headquartered north of Atlanta, Phoenix Air is the brainchild of two brothers, Mark and Dent Thompson.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 20, 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

The Christian Union is the brainchild of forty-year-old Matt Bennett, who earned bachelor’s and master’s degrees at Cornell and later directed the Campus Crusade for Christ at Princeton.

From "Class Matters" by The New York Times