brain trust

noun

: a group of official or unofficial advisers concerned especially with planning and strategy

brain truster

ˈbrān-ˌtrə-stər 

noun

Example Sentences

The president's brain trust recommended the action.

Recent Examples on the Web

Hjelle was already impressing the Giants’ brain trust before gaining that extra bit of bulk. —Susan Slusser, San Francisco Chronicle, 19 Mar. 2023

In its quest to find a quarterback, Washington's brain trust does what its passers can't: repeatedly throw darts. —Michael Middlehurst-schwartz, USA TODAY, 11 Jan. 2023

Clearly the Mavericks’ brain trust sees ample boogie in Hardy’s game, as evidenced by Friday’s decision to waive 32-year-old veteran Kemba Walker. —Dallas News, 6 Jan. 2023

Ruffin comes from the Late Night With Seth Meyers brain trust, and Tooning Out shares a YouTube channel with Stephen Colbert’s The Late Show. —Vulture, 7 Oct. 2022

At the conclusion of every awards season, the brain trust for Film Independent’s Spirit Awards gathers to decompress, debrief and consider the show’s future. —Thomas Floyd, Washington Post, 4 Mar. 2023

The brain trust of internet strangers, mostly mothers, is really the only place Mendez said she’s found solace and help during this crisis. —Dallas News, 17 May 2022

But given the Rangers’ either/or brand of play lately, the brain trust may not be so eager to scroll their contacts. —Dallas News, 10 June 2022

Along with the core brain trust of the Academy (all of whom teach classes), Pendulum boasts certified college professors on their staff, and courses like Rap Theory, where the students learn cadence and how to rhyme on beat. —Shaheim Reid, Billboard, 19 Dec. 2022

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Word History

First Known Use

1894, in the meaning defined above