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

The COVID-19 crisis is too complex for any cloistered 21st-century brains trust to figure it out.

From Slate

Roosevelt assembled a “brains trust” to advise him on how the country could react effectively, recognizing how much remained unknown.

From Slate

Well thought through by India’s brains trust.

From The Guardian

Ainsley and shadow cabinet office minister Rachel Reeves have convened a kind of "brains trust" - or "a community of thinkers"- to discuss how the party might approach the challenges of the future.

From BBC

He staffed his administration with a very bright and unabashedly “brains trust” array of lawyers, professors, economists and social workers.

From Seattle Times