as in think factory
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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Renewable energy overtook coal as the world’s primary source of electricity in the first half of 2025, according to new data from energy think tank Ember, which also said solar panel imports to Africa were up 60% year-on-year, with South Africa receiving the continent’s highest number of panels.
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semafor.com, 13 Oct. 2025
Paramount hired Kenneth Weinstein, the former president and CEO of the Hudson Institute, a right-leaning think tank.
—Ted Johnson, Deadline, 13 Oct. 2025
As pollster Angela Kuefler explained during a presentation for Third Way, the centrist Democratic think tank in Washington that commissioned the survey, just 37% of Democratic primary voters post on social media platforms weekly, with 33% posting less often and 31% never posting.
—David M. Drucker, Twin Cities, 12 Oct. 2025
Atlas Network’s early partnerships with Venezuelan think tanks date back to the 1980s.
—Shane Croucher, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Oct. 2025
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semafor.com, 13 Oct. 2025
Paramount hired Kenneth Weinstein, the former president and CEO of the Hudson Institute, a right-leaning think tank.
—Ted Johnson, Deadline, 13 Oct. 2025
As pollster Angela Kuefler explained during a presentation for Third Way, the centrist Democratic think tank in Washington that commissioned the survey, just 37% of Democratic primary voters post on social media platforms weekly, with 33% posting less often and 31% never posting.
—David M. Drucker, Twin Cities, 12 Oct. 2025
Atlas Network’s early partnerships with Venezuelan think tanks date back to the 1980s.
—Shane Croucher, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Oct. 2025
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