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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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In an accompanying press release for the Henley Global Mobility Report 2025 Q1, Annie Pforzheimer, senior associate at Washington think tank the Center for Strategic and International Studies, said the ongoing decline of the United States’s global mobility is predictable.
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Lyndsey Matthews, AFAR Media, 23 Jan. 2025
The annual rankings from Milken — a nonpartisan, nonprofit think tank — are based on its Best Performing Cities index, which takes into account cities' labor markets, tech industry growth and economic access.
—Meira Gebel, Axios, 23 Jan. 2025
Her previous think tank, the Texas Public Policy Foundation, has opposed efforts to curb fossil fuels, as well as farm subsidies and ethanol mandates, which both have traditionally garnered bipartisan support in Congress.
—Linda Qiu, New York Times, 23 Jan. 2025
The Heritage Foundation, a conservative think tank that is closely aligned with Trump’s politics, praised the pardons on Monday.
—Daniel Desrochers, Kansas City Star, 22 Jan. 2025
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Lyndsey Matthews, AFAR Media, 23 Jan. 2025
The annual rankings from Milken — a nonpartisan, nonprofit think tank — are based on its Best Performing Cities index, which takes into account cities' labor markets, tech industry growth and economic access.
—Meira Gebel, Axios, 23 Jan. 2025
Her previous think tank, the Texas Public Policy Foundation, has opposed efforts to curb fossil fuels, as well as farm subsidies and ethanol mandates, which both have traditionally garnered bipartisan support in Congress.
—Linda Qiu, New York Times, 23 Jan. 2025
The Heritage Foundation, a conservative think tank that is closely aligned with Trump’s politics, praised the pardons on Monday.
—Daniel Desrochers, Kansas City Star, 22 Jan. 2025
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“Think tank.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/think%20tank. Accessed 31 Jan. 2025.
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