pet project
Example Sentences
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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
In the months that followed, Esquivias’ pet project grew into a series of what she called “reading picnics.”
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 16, 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
Fabyan’s pet project was run by a gracious, silver-haired woman named Elizabeth Wells Gallup.
From "The Woman All Spies Fear" by Amy Butler Greenfield
