Brains Trust

American  

noun

(sometimes lowercase)

1. brain trust.

2. a panel of experts on radio or television, giving impromptu answers to selected questions from the listening audience.

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brains trust British  

noun

1. a group of knowledgeable people who discuss topics in public or on radio or television

2. Also called: brain trust.  a group of experts who advise the government

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Example Sentences

Colloid cysts typically form in a fluid-filled cavity in the centre of the brain, and are themselves filled with fluid, the Brains Trust says.

From BBC • Nov. 18, 2024

A benign tumour is not cancerous, but such cysts tend to grow slowly, according to the Brains Trust charity.

From BBC • Nov. 15, 2024

The President Roosevelt "The Brains Trust" of the best and brightest intellectuals were gathered together and were asked to predict what the next 25 years would hold.

From New York Times • Nov. 9, 2017

Another mentor was the BBC radio producer Lionel Gamlin, who made him question master of the Junior Brains Trust, and advised adopting his stage name of Bryan Forbes.

From The Guardian • May 9, 2013

Roosevelt assigned Rosenman to recruit the idea men who were to become known as the Brains Trust, notably Columbia Professors Raymond Moley, Rexford Guy Tugwell and Adolf A. Berle.

From Time Magazine Archive