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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Speaking of rubble, after the Kemper Arena roof collapsed in 1979, the city’s brain trust had those chunks of concrete dumped along the riverfront, too.
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Mike Hendricks, Kansas City Star, 19 May 2024
The Obama brain trust, Mr. Biden and his allies felt, had no interest in taking strategic advice or additional requests from Mr. Biden, who had lost two prior presidential primary campaigns.
—Katie Rogers, New York Times, 26 Mar. 2024
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Mike Hendricks, Kansas City Star, 19 May 2024
The Obama brain trust, Mr. Biden and his allies felt, had no interest in taking strategic advice or additional requests from Mr. Biden, who had lost two prior presidential primary campaigns.
—Katie Rogers, New York Times, 26 Mar. 2024
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“Brain trust.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/brain%20trust. Accessed 29 May. 2024.
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