brain trust
noun
: a group of official or unofficial advisers concerned especially with planning and strategy
Examples of brain trust in a Sentence
The president's brain trust recommended the action.
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Musk, who spent $277 million to help Trump win the election and has since become a key member of the president-elect's brain trust, posted dozens of times on his social media platform X opposing the initial government funding measure following its release.
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Kaia Hubbard, CBS News, 22 Dec. 2024
The family brain trust knew the situation when Arch chose Texas.
—David Whitley, The Tennessean, 23 Apr. 2024
Is there a brain trust or a group of architects who are sort of gatekeeping the absolute line?
—Borys Kit, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Sep. 2019
But the answer has always rested with the Barbie brain trust of Greta Gerwig and Noah Baumbach even if, at times, a franchise seemed inevitable.
—Chris Gardner, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 Dec. 2024
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Kaia Hubbard, CBS News, 22 Dec. 2024
The family brain trust knew the situation when Arch chose Texas.
—David Whitley, The Tennessean, 23 Apr. 2024
Is there a brain trust or a group of architects who are sort of gatekeeping the absolute line?
—Borys Kit, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Sep. 2019
But the answer has always rested with the Barbie brain trust of Greta Gerwig and Noah Baumbach even if, at times, a franchise seemed inevitable.
—Chris Gardner, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 Dec. 2024
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“Brain trust.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/brain%20trust. Accessed 15 Jan. 2025.
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