pet project
Example Sentences
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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
The program, called “CBS Mornings Plus,” is a pet project of Wendy McMahon, chief executive of CBS News and Stations and CBS Media Ventures.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 8, 2024
The museum was the pet project of Prince Albert, consort to Queen Victoria, who had seen firsthand that British manufactured goods were not always top of the class.
From New York Times • May 13, 2024
Guests also visited Anant Ambani's pet project - a 3,000-acre animal shelter that houses thousands of animals.
From BBC • Mar. 4, 2024
Wilkins’s pet project at King’s was solving the three-dimensional structure of DNA.
From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee
