brain trust
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The council tends to serve as a brain trust to the White House on key issues around scientific developments, and the members typically reflect the priorities of the sitting president.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 25, 2026
Stafford, however, does not dig very deep, confident that the Rams’ brain trust will make the right picks.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 23, 2025
Rexford Tugwell, Felix Frankfurter, Adolf Berle—acolytes of the brain trust that encircled the president—were plucked from schools like Columbia and Harvard.
From Slate • Mar. 17, 2025
It does not appear that Roberts’ Rules were followed, as the Dodgers’ brain trust allowed Jack Flaherty to give up eight runs in only three innings.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 19, 2024
After seeing other tycoons grow bored with their lavish art collections and swanky mansions, Fabyan had invested his own millions in a private brain trust.
From "The Woman All Spies Fear" by Amy Butler Greenfield
