pet project
Example Sentences
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A pet project of architect Frank Gehry, a smaller concert hall to complement his legendary Walt Disney Concert Hall, is taking shape in downtown Los Angeles for an opening next September.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 6, 2026
They’re people with enough money to buy a company outright just because they want a pet project.
From Salon ● May 6, 2026
Questions were also raised about his abilities when his pet project e-Samsung collapsed in the dotcom bust.
From BBC ● Apr. 29, 2026
These are the new version of high scores, in a multibillion-dollar industry that started with one student’s pet project.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 9, 2026
He seemed to notice me wherever I went too, and soon I became his pet project.
From "Prisoner B-3087" by Alan Gratz
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