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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 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 Among them was a Washington, DC, think tank, which recently caused a stir with a report proposing to cap annual Social Security benefits at $100,000 to shore up the retirement trust fund. — Fernando Cervantes Jr, USA Today, 6 July 2026 The court’s term that ended last week is the most robust judicial affirmation of executive power over immigration in the court’s history, said Muzaffar Chishti, a senior fellow at the Migration Policy Institute, a nonpartisan think tank. — Andrea Castillo, Los Angeles Times, 6 July 2026 Between 2022 and 2024, public cash injections exceeded 10%of GDP, according to a study published last year by the Institute of Economics and Peace, an Australian think tank. — Tristan Bove, Fortune, 2 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for think tank

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