brainchild

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Headquartered north of Atlanta, Phoenix Air is the brainchild of two brothers, Mark and Dent Thompson.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 20, 2026

The huddle was the brainchild of now-injured captain Reece James rather than Rosenior, who explained their purpose saying: "That is the best way I think I can get messages across to them."

From BBC • Mar. 16, 2026

Coco’s is the brainchild of Edmond Safra, one of the building’s owners and a nephew of the late billionaire financier Edmond J. Safra.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 9, 2026

The app, which has 285,000 users, is the brainchild of attorney and computer scientist Jazz Hampton and his team who created it after the 2020 murder of George Floyd by Minneapolis police.

From Barron's • Feb. 2, 2026

The upgrade was the brainchild of the eminent astronomer George Ellery Hale.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik