pet project
Example Sentences
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The White House has made fixing the chip maker its pet project, Robbie Whelan reports, and now the effort is beginning to pay off.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 11, 2026
They’re people with enough money to buy a company outright just because they want a pet project.
From Salon ● May 6, 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
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
