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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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In 2024, 18% of China's electricity came from solar and wind, according to the energy think tank Ember.
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Elizabeth Weise, USA Today, 21 Feb. 2026
According to Timothy Heath, a senior defense researcher at the think tank Rand Corporation, China has narrowed the gap with the US in fifth-generation aircraft development.
—Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 21 Feb. 2026
The Heritage Foundation, a right-wing think tank that supports the law, maintains a very helpful database of election fraud.
—David A. Graham, The Atlantic, 18 Feb. 2026
Iran used overwhelming force against the protesters to clear people out of the streets, but also to buy the government time by preventing any future waves of unrest, said Alex Vatanka, a senior fellow at the Middle East Institute, a Washington think tank.
—Arkansas Online, 17 Feb. 2026
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Elizabeth Weise, USA Today, 21 Feb. 2026
According to Timothy Heath, a senior defense researcher at the think tank Rand Corporation, China has narrowed the gap with the US in fifth-generation aircraft development.
—Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 21 Feb. 2026
The Heritage Foundation, a right-wing think tank that supports the law, maintains a very helpful database of election fraud.
—David A. Graham, The Atlantic, 18 Feb. 2026
Iran used overwhelming force against the protesters to clear people out of the streets, but also to buy the government time by preventing any future waves of unrest, said Alex Vatanka, a senior fellow at the Middle East Institute, a Washington think tank.
—Arkansas Online, 17 Feb. 2026
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