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an organization that consists of a group of people who think of new ideas on a particular subject or who give advice about what should be done
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The friction reflects a hard truth that metro Denver residents widely prefer driving to moving around by walking, bicycling or riding buses and trains, said economist Randal O’Toole, director of the Transportation Policy Center at the Independence Institute, a libertarian think tank in Denver.
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Bruce Finley, Denver Post, 29 Mar. 2026
The think tank proposals of this R&D tax would foolishly jeopardize this activity.
—Tomas J. Philipson, Fortune, 28 Mar. 2026
Peter Kreko, who runs a Budapest think tank, told me that this is unprecedented.
—Anne Applebaum, The Atlantic, 27 Mar. 2026
In Minnesota specifically, there have been a total of 138 cases involving some sort of voter fraud between 2004 and 2025, according to data compiled by the Heritage Foundation, a conservative think tank.
—Sarah N. Lynch, CBS News, 26 Mar. 2026
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Bruce Finley, Denver Post, 29 Mar. 2026
The think tank proposals of this R&D tax would foolishly jeopardize this activity.
—Tomas J. Philipson, Fortune, 28 Mar. 2026
Peter Kreko, who runs a Budapest think tank, told me that this is unprecedented.
—Anne Applebaum, The Atlantic, 27 Mar. 2026
In Minnesota specifically, there have been a total of 138 cases involving some sort of voter fraud between 2004 and 2025, according to data compiled by the Heritage Foundation, a conservative think tank.
—Sarah N. Lynch, CBS News, 26 Mar. 2026
See All Example Sentences for think tank
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