think tank

Definition of think tanknext
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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Recent Examples of think tank The effort is directed by Chad Maisel, a former adviser to President Joseph Biden and Senator Cory Booker, who’s now a senior fellow at left-leaning think tank Center for American Progress. Simone Foxman, Fortune, 8 July 2026 The new report from clean energy think tank Energy Innovation suggests higher energy bills will continue for the next decade, tied directly to Trump’s policies. Ella Nilsen, CNN Money, 7 July 2026 Many of the bills are based on a template from the nonprofit Cicero Institute, a pro-AI think tank founded by Joe Lonsdale, co-founder of the artificial intelligence software company Palantir. ABC News, 6 July 2026 The think tank’s report does not claim that all drone sightings were attributable to Russian drones or were even real. Jeremy Hsu, ArsTechnica, 6 July 2026 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 20 Jul. 2026.

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