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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Proposals from republican policymakers such as Senator Rand Paul and conservative think tanks advocate returning CISA to its original mandate: protecting critical infrastructure and coordinating cyber defense for federal and critical civilian infrastructure networks.
—Emil Sayegh, Forbes, 21 Nov. 2024
But some of Trump’s ideas, especially moving the country to a system in which voters can only cast a ballot on Election Day, is unlikely, said Walter Olson, a senior fellow at the Cato Institute, a libertarian think tank.
—Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 12 Nov. 2024
Other sources of revenue could be made from raising the retirement age, as proposed by The Heritage Foundation, the conservative think tank behind Project 2025.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 4 Nov. 2024
Project 2025, a playbook from the conservative think tank the Heritage Foundation that’s been linked to Trump, has called for CISA to be moved to the Department of Transportation in an effort to dismantle DHS.
—Michael Kan, PCMAG, 6 Nov. 2024
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Emil Sayegh, Forbes, 21 Nov. 2024
But some of Trump’s ideas, especially moving the country to a system in which voters can only cast a ballot on Election Day, is unlikely, said Walter Olson, a senior fellow at the Cato Institute, a libertarian think tank.
—Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 12 Nov. 2024
Other sources of revenue could be made from raising the retirement age, as proposed by The Heritage Foundation, the conservative think tank behind Project 2025.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 4 Nov. 2024
Project 2025, a playbook from the conservative think tank the Heritage Foundation that’s been linked to Trump, has called for CISA to be moved to the Department of Transportation in an effort to dismantle DHS.
—Michael Kan, PCMAG, 6 Nov. 2024
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“Think tank.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/think%20tank. Accessed 2 Dec. 2024.
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