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pet project

NOUN
enterprise
Synonyms
STRONGEST
activity business company firm operation program project trade venture
STRONG
action affair attempt baby bag ballgame bit campaign cause concern crusade deal deed do effort endeavor engagement essay establishment game happening hazard house move outfit performance plan plunge proposition purpose pursuit risk scheme speculation stake striving stunt task thing try work
WEAK
big idea biggie
Antonyms
STRONG
pastime
WEAK
unemployment
NOUN
venture
Synonyms
STRONGEST
deal endeavor enterprise experiment investment project undertaking
STRONG
adventure baby chance essay exploit feat hazard header jeopardy peril proposition pursuit risk setup shot spec speculation stab stake test thing trial wager
Antonyms
STRONGEST
idleness
STRONG
assurance certainty fact inaction protection reality safety surety

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

The trail of damage from Patterson’s pet project includes money fights, family estrangement and bitter fallouts as friends turned on each other amid efforts to debunk or defend the footage over the years.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 12, 2026

Maya, his second wife, watches as he gambles his reputation to work on the pet project — time travel — of an eccentric billionaire.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 2, 2025

Wilkins’s pet project at King’s was solving the three-dimensional structure of DNA.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee