think tank
noun
: an institute, corporation, or group organized to study a particular subject (such as a policy issue or a scientific problem) and provide information, ideas, and advice
an information technology think tank
… was responsible for the armies of new political-action committees, lobbyists and rightward think tanks that poured into Washington to counter the consumer and environmental movements he helped to inspire.—
Jonathan Rowe
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The Institute for the Study of War (), a U.S.-based think tank, said in its Friday assessment that this shows Moscow is fabricating claims to influence the political and informational scene.
—Brendan Cole, Newsweek, 15 Mar. 2025
While Trump has touted growth that the tax reductions would bring, multiple think tanks say renewing the act also would add $3.3 trillion to the deficit over the next decade.
—Jeff Cox, CNBC, 12 Mar. 2025
Simon Hankinson, senior research fellow in the Border Security and Immigration Center at the conservative Heritage Foundation think tank in Washington, said there is a growing problem in Canada that does need to be addressed.
—Anna Giaritelli, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 12 Mar. 2025
Moreover, the Empire Center, a think tank in Albany, found no statistically significant correlation in downstate nursing homes (where the bulk of the nursing home cases were) between admissions of COVID-19 patients from hospitals to nursing homes and deaths of nursing home residents.
—Paul Francis, New York Daily News, 12 Mar. 2025
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Brendan Cole, Newsweek, 15 Mar. 2025
While Trump has touted growth that the tax reductions would bring, multiple think tanks say renewing the act also would add $3.3 trillion to the deficit over the next decade.
—Jeff Cox, CNBC, 12 Mar. 2025
Simon Hankinson, senior research fellow in the Border Security and Immigration Center at the conservative Heritage Foundation think tank in Washington, said there is a growing problem in Canada that does need to be addressed.
—Anna Giaritelli, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 12 Mar. 2025
Moreover, the Empire Center, a think tank in Albany, found no statistically significant correlation in downstate nursing homes (where the bulk of the nursing home cases were) between admissions of COVID-19 patients from hospitals to nursing homes and deaths of nursing home residents.
—Paul Francis, New York Daily News, 12 Mar. 2025
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“Think tank.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/think%20tank. Accessed 18 Mar. 2025.
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