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a group of experts from various fields who serve as unofficial consultants on matters of policy and strategy.

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Also British, Brains Trust .

Origin of brain trust

An Americanism dating back to 1905–10

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brain-trust

[ breyn-truhst ]

/ ˈbreɪnˌtrʌst /

verb (used with object)

to serve as a brain trust or a brain truster for: They have brain-trusted many major corporations.

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How to use brain trust in a sentence

The DeSantis brain trust notwithstanding, teachers in the classroom were still struggling to make sense of the change on Wednesday afternoon.
Florida Just Found a Way to Be Even More COVID Reckless|Corbin Bolies, Pilar Melendez, Francisco Alvarado|September 22, 2021|The Daily Beast
He hired Hurney and general manager Martin Mayhew, among others, to build an experienced brain trust that could help him complete the base of the roster.
With Washington’s 2021 roster set, one thing is clear: It’s Ron Rivera’s team now|Sam Fortier|September 2, 2021|Washington Post
Our research universities continue to attract global talent that advances domestic science and engineering in the US, which helps create jobs, build our national brain trust, and strengthen our national security.
We are all Gang Chen|Yoel Fink and Yasheng Huang|June 30, 2021|MIT Technology Review
Most importantly, he wanted to be around a brain trust of more senior people whom he could learn from and connect with.
As a CEO, I worry about the erosion of office culture with more remote work|Cathy Merrill|May 6, 2021|Washington Post

They’ll be part of the brain trust advising Rivera in the team’s coach-centric model.
New GM Martin Mayhew again returns to Washington with unfinished business|Sam Fortier|March 11, 2021|Washington Post
We have to use common sense inclusiveness, because we are quickly getting to a place where our brain is falling out.
A Field General in the War on Christmas|David Freedlander|December 24, 2014|DAILY BEAST
My father has suffered two strokes and endured brain cancer since I was arrested and imprisoned.
An American Marine in Iran’s Prisons Goes on Hunger Strike|IranWire|December 18, 2014|DAILY BEAST
We proud skeptics would rather trust the demonstrable facts than the alleged truth.
On Torture, Chuck Johnson & Sondheim|James Poulos|December 13, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Related: The 10 Best Apps for Your Brain As you age, your brain changes.
Running 15 Miles a Week Could Slash Alzheimer’s Risk|DailyBurn|December 12, 2014|DAILY BEAST
You lose connectivity between portions of your brain, and some regions even experience shrinkage, according to Williams.
Running 15 Miles a Week Could Slash Alzheimer’s Risk|DailyBurn|December 12, 2014|DAILY BEAST
If you throw away this chance, you will both richly deserve to be hanged, as I sincerely trust you will be.
The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club, v. 2(of 2)|Charles Dickens
There are three things a wise man will not trust: the wind, the sunshine of an April day, and woman's plighted faith.
Pearls of Thought|Maturin M. Ballou
All the operations of her brain related themselves somehow to to-morrow afternoon.
Hilda Lessways|Arnold Bennett
He must trust to his human merits, and not miracles, for his Sonship is of no value in this conflict.
Solomon and Solomonic Literature|Moncure Daniel Conway
As if unwilling to trust himself longer in dangerous companionship, he went up to town with Thomas Carr.
Elster's Folly|Mrs. Henry Wood

Cultural definitions for brain trust (1 of 2)

brain trust

A group of experts who serve as advisers to a government or an organization: “Before being appointed to the cabinet, Brown had been a leading figure in a financial brain trust.”

Cultural definitions for brain trust (2 of 2)

brain trust

A group of intellectuals and planners who act as advisers, especially to a government. The phrase is particularly associated with the presidency of Franklin D. Roosevelt.

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brain trust

A group of experts who serve as unofficial but vital advisers. For example, Each town manager seemed to have his or her own brain trust, which of course changed with every election. This term, closely associated with President Franklin Roosevelt's advisers on domestic and foreign policy in the early 1930s, was first recorded in 1910.

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