brain trust
noun
: a group of official or unofficial advisers concerned especially with planning and strategy
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The president's brain trust recommended the action.
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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.
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Chris Gardner, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 Dec. 2024
Through it all, the party’s brain trust demonstrated a preference for coalition-pleasing happy talk rather than a willingness to seriously grapple with what was going wrong or what the public was unhappy about.
—Andrew Prokop, Vox, 7 Dec. 2018
Fans have always theorized that Lucius was Maximus’ illegitimate son, but the brain trust didn’t finalize that choice until much later.
—Brian Davids, The Hollywood Reporter, 30 Nov. 2024
There is a brain trust of head coach Sean Payton, offensive coordinator Joe Lombardi, passing game coordinator John Morton and senior assistant Pete Carmichael that has worked together for years and produced some of the league’s best offenses.
—Nick Kosmider, The Athletic, 29 Aug. 2024
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Chris Gardner, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 Dec. 2024
Through it all, the party’s brain trust demonstrated a preference for coalition-pleasing happy talk rather than a willingness to seriously grapple with what was going wrong or what the public was unhappy about.
—Andrew Prokop, Vox, 7 Dec. 2018
Fans have always theorized that Lucius was Maximus’ illegitimate son, but the brain trust didn’t finalize that choice until much later.
—Brian Davids, The Hollywood Reporter, 30 Nov. 2024
There is a brain trust of head coach Sean Payton, offensive coordinator Joe Lombardi, passing game coordinator John Morton and senior assistant Pete Carmichael that has worked together for years and produced some of the league’s best offenses.
—Nick Kosmider, The Athletic, 29 Aug. 2024
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“Brain trust.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/brain%20trust. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.
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