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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Immigrants contribute billions of dollars to the GDP every year as numerous organizations and think tanks have found.
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Dana Taylor, USA Today, 7 Apr. 2025
But on this matter, exceptions prove the rule, explained Yuval Levin, director of social, cultural and constitutional studies at the American Enterprise Institute, a conservative think tank in Washington, D.C.
—David M. Drucker, Mercury News, 4 Apr. 2025
Our allies are disgusted with us, prices are jumping even before the tariffs are in effect, the dollar is bracing to weaken and think tanks are estimating that this will represent a tax worth thousands of additional dollars on the average U.S. household.
—New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 4 Apr. 2025
By the numbers: California (13.3%), Hawai'i (11%) and New York (10.9%) have the highest top marginal income tax rates for individuals, according to data from the Tax Foundation, a nonpartisan think tank.
—Alex Fitzpatrick, Axios, 31 Mar. 2025
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Dana Taylor, USA Today, 7 Apr. 2025
But on this matter, exceptions prove the rule, explained Yuval Levin, director of social, cultural and constitutional studies at the American Enterprise Institute, a conservative think tank in Washington, D.C.
—David M. Drucker, Mercury News, 4 Apr. 2025
Our allies are disgusted with us, prices are jumping even before the tariffs are in effect, the dollar is bracing to weaken and think tanks are estimating that this will represent a tax worth thousands of additional dollars on the average U.S. household.
—New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 4 Apr. 2025
By the numbers: California (13.3%), Hawai'i (11%) and New York (10.9%) have the highest top marginal income tax rates for individuals, according to data from the Tax Foundation, a nonpartisan think tank.
—Alex Fitzpatrick, Axios, 31 Mar. 2025
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“Think tank.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/think%20tank. Accessed 15 Apr. 2025.
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