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.—

Jonathan Rowe

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Zeldin also received a salary of nearly $145,000 from think tank America First Works in the past two years. —

Soo Rin Kim, ABC News, 13 Jan. 2025 Needham previously served as chief of staff to Rubio and chairs the conservative think tank American Compass. —

Sara Dorn, Forbes, 11 Jan. 2025 The proposal, submitted by the National Center for Public Policy Research, a conservative think tank, argues that DEI poses litigation, reputational and financial risks to the company, and therefore to shareholders. —

Kate Gibson, CBS News, 10 Jan. 2025 Alicia John-Baptiste, head of Bay Area urban policy think tank SPUR, will be the policy chief tasked with leading infrastructure, climate and mobility projects. —

Nadia Lopez, Axios, 8 Jan. 2025 See all Example Sentences for think tank