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action tank

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Definition of action tank 

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: an organization that is devoted to the advancement of change in policy (as in business or government) through active means Mia MacDonald is the executive director of the public policy action tank Brighter Green … — Sanctuary, Fall 2009

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First Known Use of action tank

1987, in the meaning defined above

History and Etymology for action tank

after think tank

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