think tank
noun
: an institute, corporation, or group organized to study a particular subject (such as a policy issue or a scientific problem) and provide information, ideas, and advice
an information technology think tank
… was responsible for the armies of new political-action committees, lobbyists and rightward think tanks that poured into Washington to counter the consumer and environmental movements he helped to inspire.—
Jonathan Rowe
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The Institute for the Study of War think tank suggested that Russia is unlikely to have the reserves to exploit Pokrovsk's potential fall to advance rapidly to seize more of the Donbas region.
—David Brennan, ABC News, 6 Nov. 2025
The change came shortly after a left-leaning think tank published an analysis arguing that the USDA’s original guidance called for cutting benefits more deeply than needed.
—Alexandra Banner, CNN Money, 6 Nov. 2025
Higher taxes don’t generally prompt wealthy people to move, said Kamolika Das, local policy director at the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy, a left-leaning think tank.
—Daniel De Visé, USA Today, 6 Nov. 2025
This is not surprising because the Danube Institute, an English-language think tank affiliated with the Hungarian government, was part of the Project 2025 team.
—Kim Lane Scheppele, Time, 6 Nov. 2025
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David Brennan, ABC News, 6 Nov. 2025
The change came shortly after a left-leaning think tank published an analysis arguing that the USDA’s original guidance called for cutting benefits more deeply than needed.
—Alexandra Banner, CNN Money, 6 Nov. 2025
Higher taxes don’t generally prompt wealthy people to move, said Kamolika Das, local policy director at the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy, a left-leaning think tank.
—Daniel De Visé, USA Today, 6 Nov. 2025
This is not surprising because the Danube Institute, an English-language think tank affiliated with the Hungarian government, was part of the Project 2025 team.
—Kim Lane Scheppele, Time, 6 Nov. 2025
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“Think tank.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/think%20tank. Accessed 8 Nov. 2025.
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