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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At the start of 2023, Diaz and the CBS News team broke the story of the discovery of classified documents at a Washington think tank from President Joe Biden's time as vice president.
—CBS News, 9 Jan. 2026
The national Council on Criminal Justice, a nonpartisan think tank, cautioned analysts not to read too much into the homicide figures and not to draw conclusions without more information.
—James Rainey, Los Angeles Times, 8 Jan. 2026
Advertisement Marcos Falcone, a policy analyst focusing on Latin America at the Cato Institute, a libertarian think tank, says that the swing in the market response is because, essentially, not much has changed.
—Rebecca Schneid, Time, 7 Jan. 2026
At the time, AEI was the preeminent conservative think tank in Washington.
—Rogé Karma, The Atlantic, 7 Jan. 2026
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CBS News, 9 Jan. 2026
The national Council on Criminal Justice, a nonpartisan think tank, cautioned analysts not to read too much into the homicide figures and not to draw conclusions without more information.
—James Rainey, Los Angeles Times, 8 Jan. 2026
Advertisement Marcos Falcone, a policy analyst focusing on Latin America at the Cato Institute, a libertarian think tank, says that the swing in the market response is because, essentially, not much has changed.
—Rebecca Schneid, Time, 7 Jan. 2026
At the time, AEI was the preeminent conservative think tank in Washington.
—Rogé Karma, The Atlantic, 7 Jan. 2026
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“Think tank.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/think%20tank. Accessed 13 Jan. 2026.
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