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.—
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The growing outcry by Republicans about the subsidies goes hand in hand with a controversial recent report from a conservative think tank that estimates millions of people -- or their brokers -- may be misstating their incomes and getting the most generous ACA subsidies.
—Julie Appleby | Kff Health News, ABC News, 13 Aug. 2024
Several mainstream psychiatric and psychological groups and think tanks, including the Group for the Advancement of Psychiatry, the American Psychiatric Association, and the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry have started to add climate change to their arrays of committees.
—Jan Ellen Spiegel, Hartford Courant, 12 Aug. 2024
Building his national name recognition and his credibility with Democratic insiders could set Beshear up for a cabinet nomination or to be chosen to run a think tank or other prominent institution.
—Rebecca Grapevine, The Courier-Journal, 6 Aug. 2024
The report fails to acknowledge the seriousness of adversaries’ efforts to sow chaos in the US, according to Mark Montgomery, senior director of the Center on Cyber and Technology Innovation at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, a conservative-leaning think tank.
—Eric Geller, WIRED, 5 Aug. 2024
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Julie Appleby | Kff Health News, ABC News, 13 Aug. 2024
Several mainstream psychiatric and psychological groups and think tanks, including the Group for the Advancement of Psychiatry, the American Psychiatric Association, and the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry have started to add climate change to their arrays of committees.
—Jan Ellen Spiegel, Hartford Courant, 12 Aug. 2024
Building his national name recognition and his credibility with Democratic insiders could set Beshear up for a cabinet nomination or to be chosen to run a think tank or other prominent institution.
—Rebecca Grapevine, The Courier-Journal, 6 Aug. 2024
The report fails to acknowledge the seriousness of adversaries’ efforts to sow chaos in the US, according to Mark Montgomery, senior director of the Center on Cyber and Technology Innovation at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, a conservative-leaning think tank.
—Eric Geller, WIRED, 5 Aug. 2024
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“Think tank.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/think%20tank. Accessed 19 Aug. 2024.
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