brainchild

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Sora was the brainchild of Tim Brooks and Bill Peebles, two researchers who became close friends while completing doctorate degrees at the University of California, Berkeley.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 30, 2026

To some, it reflected poorly on Rosenior, but it was the brainchild of James himself under influence from former Wigan Warriors rugby league player Willie Isa, who is effectively the squad's mentality coach.

From BBC • Mar. 23, 2026

The second sibling duo on our lineup, Tropa Magica is the brainchild of brothers David and Rene Pacheco.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 11, 2026

And this isn’t the first time that Charles Dow’s brainchild has fallen out of favor.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 8, 2026

Closing the border between East and West Berlin was not the idea of the KGB, the Soviet army, or anyone in the Kremlin: It was the brainchild of Walter Ulbricht, East Germany's hard-line communist leader.

From "Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia" by Marc Favreau