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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Universal savings accounts, with fewer strings attached, would be a simpler alternative proposal at a lower price tag, according to Adam Michel, director of tax policy studies at the Cato Institute, a public policy think tank.
—Jessica Dickler, CNBC, 17 June 2025
Undocumented immigrants contributed $8.5 billion in state and local taxes in 2022, according to a 2024 study from the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy, a nonpartisan think tank.
—Bailey Schulz, USA Today, 14 June 2025
Irina, a Russian-American children's book illustrator in London, is married to Lawrence, a boring researcher at a prestigious think tank.
—Jessica Stanley, People.com, 13 June 2025
The other is the Warsaw Enterprise Institute (WEI), a multifaceted pro-free-market think tank founded also in 2013.
—Alejandro Antonio Chafuen, Forbes.com, 13 June 2025
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Jessica Dickler, CNBC, 17 June 2025
Undocumented immigrants contributed $8.5 billion in state and local taxes in 2022, according to a 2024 study from the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy, a nonpartisan think tank.
—Bailey Schulz, USA Today, 14 June 2025
Irina, a Russian-American children's book illustrator in London, is married to Lawrence, a boring researcher at a prestigious think tank.
—Jessica Stanley, People.com, 13 June 2025
The other is the Warsaw Enterprise Institute (WEI), a multifaceted pro-free-market think tank founded also in 2013.
—Alejandro Antonio Chafuen, Forbes.com, 13 June 2025
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“Think tank.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/think%20tank. Accessed 3 Jul. 2025.
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