How to Use brain trust in a Sentence

brain trust

noun
  • The president's brain trust recommended the action.
  • The team's brain trust pulled the trigger with the present and future in mind.
    Hunter Atkins, Houston Chronicle, 2 Aug. 2019
  • There is little doubt the Dodger brain trust is aware of this fact.
    Los Angeles Times, 17 July 2019
  • My legal brain trust did not have a lot to say on this.
    Peter J Reilly, Forbes, 8 Apr. 2021
  • The brain trust for each team will also meet with the media throughout the week.
    Brian Wacker, Baltimore Sun, 27 Feb. 2024
  • The modern Twins brain trust is not easy to second-guess.
    Star Tribune, 29 July 2020
  • The movie is one of many projects coming out of this two-person brain trust.
    Nick Romano, EW.com, 25 Feb. 2021
  • Good thing the Celtics brain trust didn’t listen to anyone.
    Chad Finn, BostonGlobe.com, 17 Nov. 2022
  • The brain trust at the WNBA has to have its head examined.
    Los Angeles Times, 8 June 2024
  • Taylor Fritz has added the wise head of Paul Annacone to the brain trust.
    Jon Wertheim, SI.com, 18 Mar. 2018
  • But, sure, let’s use our brain trust to build the metaverse instead.
    Paco De Leon, refinery29.com, 9 Dec. 2021
  • That’s up to Rob Pelinka and the Lakers brain trust to decide.
    Los Angeles Times, 19 Aug. 2019
  • But, no, the brain trust behind Wendy’s continues to add more tasks to the Frosty’s to-do list.
    Tim Carman, Washington Post, 28 July 2023
  • This draft seems straightforward for the Vikings' brain trust.
    Star Tribune, 28 Apr. 2021
  • Now, the three of them form the head of the brain trust that will decide which names will be next to stock the Orioles’ farm system.
    Matt Weyrich, Baltimore Sun, 13 July 2024
  • The Pelicans' brain trust is searching for the team's next head coach.
    Christian Clark | Staff Writer, NOLA.com, 1 Oct. 2020
  • Kaman was among the brain trust that came up with the idea of schools bringing their kids to The Cowtown to run as a group.
    John Henry, star-telegram, 23 Feb. 2018
  • Off to the side of that conversation was the FC Cincinnati brain trust.
    Pat Brennan, Cincinnati.com, 3 July 2019
  • Instead, the Twins’ brain trust made a flurry of moves that helped the team run away with the division.
    Star Tribune, 3 Aug. 2020
  • And such a move would bring the company’s brain trust close to where Musk himself lives.
    Don Lee Staff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 9 Feb. 2022
  • Philadelphia gets the brain trust of Doc Rivers and Daryl Morey.
    Dave Hyde, sun-sentinel.com, 3 Dec. 2020
  • Clark might be a project in his own right, but the brain trust really needs to give him a few games to gauge his progress.
    Manish Mehta, courant.com, 18 Nov. 2020
  • The Rams’ brain trust exhaled — and the team closed out the month with an easy victory over the hapless Texans.
    Los Angeles Times, 19 Feb. 2022
  • As Biden’s brain trust sees it, the race could be a three- or four-way slog after Super Tuesday.
    Philip Elliott, Time, 3 Sep. 2019
  • Andrew Brandt praises the Eagles brain trust ... and more.
    Jacob Feldman, SI.com, 25 Jan. 2018
  • But in 2005, Grey took the top job at Paramount, and the high-profile couple split, leaving Pitt in need of a new brain trust.
    Tatiana Siegel, The Hollywood Reporter, 18 Jan. 2020
  • The good news for the McKay Center brain trust is that the offense still seems salvageable.
    Los Angeles Times, 4 Sep. 2021
  • As a former member of the Spurs’ brain trust, Marks knows the value of outside shooting.
    SI.com, 20 Oct. 2017
  • But the franchise’s brain trust is telling the next handful of pitchers to keep striving for a job that isn’t available quite yet.
    Rusty Simmons, San Francisco Chronicle, 21 Feb. 2021
  • These decisions will likely be shaped in part by a policy brain trust that is likely to evolve over the next few months of the campaign.
    Jeff Stein, Washington Post, 24 July 2024

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