think tank

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 Matthew Zweig, a sanctions expert at the lobbying arm of the think tank Foundation for Defense of Democracies, pointed to another question related to Captagon that may have also ultimately contributed to Assad's downfall. Desiree Adib, ABC News, 12 Dec. 2024 Those rules were challenged by the National Center for Public Policy Research, a conservative think tank, and Alliance for Fair Board Recruitment, a group founded by affirmative action opponent Edward Blum. Reuters, CNN, 11 Dec. 2024 Harry Halem is a senior fellow at Yorktown Institute, a U.S. foreign-affairs and military-policy think tank. Niall Ferguson, The Atlantic, 10 Dec. 2024 Among households earning more than $150,000 a year, one-fifth met the strict definition of living paycheck to paycheck, the think tank found. Daniel De Visé, USA TODAY, 5 Dec. 2024 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 21 Dec. 2024.

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