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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Comando Vermelho is Brazil’s oldest active criminal organization, according to the think tank InSight Crime.
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Gonzalo Zegarra, CNN Money, 28 Oct. 2025
The Center for Immigration Studies (CIS), a right-wing think tank, has welcomed the reforms.
—Billal Rahman, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 Oct. 2025
Searchlight is a new think tank that has Democrat ties.
—Boston Herald Editorial Staff, Boston Herald, 27 Oct. 2025
From the outside world, people can look at them as a think tank that deals with the supernatural, not unlike how the CIA has always had a department that dealt with UFOs.
—Abbey White, HollywoodReporter, 27 Oct. 2025
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Gonzalo Zegarra, CNN Money, 28 Oct. 2025
The Center for Immigration Studies (CIS), a right-wing think tank, has welcomed the reforms.
—Billal Rahman, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 Oct. 2025
Searchlight is a new think tank that has Democrat ties.
—Boston Herald Editorial Staff, Boston Herald, 27 Oct. 2025
From the outside world, people can look at them as a think tank that deals with the supernatural, not unlike how the CIA has always had a department that dealt with UFOs.
—Abbey White, HollywoodReporter, 27 Oct. 2025
See All Example Sentences for think tank
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“Think tank.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/think%20tank. Accessed 1 Nov. 2025.
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