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think tank

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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 Last week, Niti Aayog, an Indian government think tank, shared a framework for local governments to evaluate data center projects for sustainability and to provide suitable locations, based on grid readiness and water supply availability. — Priyanka Salve, CNBC, 22 Oct. 2026 Andrew Long, a senior fellow at the Free State Foundation, a free-market think tank, argued that the streaming marketplace is far more diversified now than the three-network era of the 1970s. — Gene Maddaus, Variety, 19 Oct. 2026 Among those advocating in West Virginia were members of Cardinal Institute, a homegrown conservative think tank. — Henry Culvyhouse, ProPublica, 19 Oct. 2026 But at a foreign policy discussion in September at the Center for American Progress, a liberal Washington think tank, Duckworth urged her colleagues not to pursue impeachments. — Daniel C. Vock, Chicago Tribune, 18 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for think tank

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