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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 According to Deep South Watch, a think tank based at the Prince of Songkla University’s campus in Pattani, 7,837 people have died in the violence in the past 22 years. — ABC News, 23 Aug. 2026 Esfandyar Batmanghelidj, founder and CEO of the Bourse & Bazaar Foundation think tank, said Trump has erased the distinction between economic warfare and military conflict in the eyes of Iran’s leadership. — Jason Ma, Fortune, 23 Aug. 2026 Sina Toossi, a senior fellow at the think tank Center for International Policy in Washington, told NPR that ideological hard-liners now have control of parts of Iran's government and that the economy is not their priority. — Npr Staff, NPR, 21 Aug. 2026 The nonprofit clean energy think tank RMI has found that these programs benefit all customers, not just those struggling to pay their bills. — Natalie Wallington, MLK50, 18 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for think tank

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