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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Lake told the Rams’ brain trust about Landman’s physicality, his ability to be in the right spots at the right times.
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Adam Grosbard, Oc Register, 2 Aug. 2025
The Vikings’ brain trust, comprised of former general manager Rick Spielman and executives George Paton and Rob Brzezinski, assembled the plan.
—Alec Lewis, New York Times, 29 July 2025
Zuckerberg has begun recruiting a brain trust of AI researchers and engineers, at times meeting with candidates at his homes in Lake Tahoe and Palo Alto, California, Bloomberg News first reported.
—Bloomberg, Mercury News, 12 June 2025
The general pitch was that, by taking Iconiq’s money, entrepreneurs were also getting access to a brain trust that included people like Mark Zuckerberg, then-LinkedIn CEO Jeff Weiner, and many others.
—Reed Albergotti, semafor.com, 1 Aug. 2025
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Adam Grosbard, Oc Register, 2 Aug. 2025
The Vikings’ brain trust, comprised of former general manager Rick Spielman and executives George Paton and Rob Brzezinski, assembled the plan.
—Alec Lewis, New York Times, 29 July 2025
Zuckerberg has begun recruiting a brain trust of AI researchers and engineers, at times meeting with candidates at his homes in Lake Tahoe and Palo Alto, California, Bloomberg News first reported.
—Bloomberg, Mercury News, 12 June 2025
The general pitch was that, by taking Iconiq’s money, entrepreneurs were also getting access to a brain trust that included people like Mark Zuckerberg, then-LinkedIn CEO Jeff Weiner, and many others.
—Reed Albergotti, semafor.com, 1 Aug. 2025
See All Example Sentences for brain trust
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“Brain trust.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/brain%20trust. Accessed 25 Aug. 2025.
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