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.—
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His sentiment was echoed by Tobias Johan Sørensen, senior analyst at think tank Concito, who said that no one should be put at the back of the queue, but there should be different queues based on a set of criteria.
—April Roach, CNBC, 4 May 2026
News of the troop withdrawal drew swift condemnation from Democrats in Congress and members of a hawkish Washington think tank.
—Ben Finley, Los Angeles Times, 2 May 2026
Nils Gilman, a historian and senior adviser for the Berggruen Institute think tank, advocated in a New York Times op-ed last year for laws creating a legal privilege for AI.
—Eric Levenson, CNN Money, 2 May 2026
Last year, the think tank Model Evaluation & Threat Research ran an experiment in which software developers were randomly assigned to do coding tasks with or without the use of AI.
—Rogé Karma, The Atlantic, 1 May 2026
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April Roach, CNBC, 4 May 2026
News of the troop withdrawal drew swift condemnation from Democrats in Congress and members of a hawkish Washington think tank.
—Ben Finley, Los Angeles Times, 2 May 2026
Nils Gilman, a historian and senior adviser for the Berggruen Institute think tank, advocated in a New York Times op-ed last year for laws creating a legal privilege for AI.
—Eric Levenson, CNN Money, 2 May 2026
Last year, the think tank Model Evaluation & Threat Research ran an experiment in which software developers were randomly assigned to do coding tasks with or without the use of AI.
—Rogé Karma, The Atlantic, 1 May 2026
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“Think tank.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/think%20tank. Accessed 6 May. 2026.
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