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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Wassim Nasr, a Sahel specialist and senior research fellow at the Soufan Center security think tank, said that the coordination between the two groups, as well as the explicit call for the Russian military to leave, is new.
—Wilson McMakin, Los Angeles Times, 26 Apr. 2026
Other media outlets featured similarly critical remarks from Vahe Hovhannisyan, a member of the Armenian Alternative Projects think tank.
—Brady Knox, The Washington Examiner, 25 Apr. 2026
Western countries’ framing of the critical minerals issue is based on an assumption that Africa needs to be protected from exploitative Chinese companies, Bronwen Everill argues in an article for UK think tank Chatham House.
—Yinka Adegoke, semafor.com, 24 Apr. 2026
Another key inflation gauge, the Personal Consumption Expenditures price Index, could hit 4% by the end of the year, double the Federal Reserve's target rate of 2%, according to Scott Lincicome, vice president of general economics at the Cato Institute, a nonpartisan think tank.
—Mary Cunningham, CBS News, 24 Apr. 2026
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Wilson McMakin, Los Angeles Times, 26 Apr. 2026
Other media outlets featured similarly critical remarks from Vahe Hovhannisyan, a member of the Armenian Alternative Projects think tank.
—Brady Knox, The Washington Examiner, 25 Apr. 2026
Western countries’ framing of the critical minerals issue is based on an assumption that Africa needs to be protected from exploitative Chinese companies, Bronwen Everill argues in an article for UK think tank Chatham House.
—Yinka Adegoke, semafor.com, 24 Apr. 2026
Another key inflation gauge, the Personal Consumption Expenditures price Index, could hit 4% by the end of the year, double the Federal Reserve's target rate of 2%, according to Scott Lincicome, vice president of general economics at the Cato Institute, a nonpartisan think tank.
—Mary Cunningham, CBS News, 24 Apr. 2026
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“Think tank.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/think%20tank. Accessed 1 May. 2026.
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