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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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Matthew Zweig, a sanctions expert at the lobbying arm of the think tank Foundation for Defense of Democracies, pointed to another question related to Captagon that may have also ultimately contributed to Assad's downfall.
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Desiree Adib, ABC News, 12 Dec. 2024
Those rules were challenged by the National Center for Public Policy Research, a conservative think tank, and Alliance for Fair Board Recruitment, a group founded by affirmative action opponent Edward Blum.
—Reuters, CNN, 11 Dec. 2024
Harry Halem is a senior fellow at Yorktown Institute, a U.S. foreign-affairs and military-policy think tank.
—Niall Ferguson, The Atlantic, 10 Dec. 2024
Among households earning more than $150,000 a year, one-fifth met the strict definition of living paycheck to paycheck, the think tank found.
—Daniel De Visé, USA TODAY, 5 Dec. 2024
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Desiree Adib, ABC News, 12 Dec. 2024
Those rules were challenged by the National Center for Public Policy Research, a conservative think tank, and Alliance for Fair Board Recruitment, a group founded by affirmative action opponent Edward Blum.
—Reuters, CNN, 11 Dec. 2024
Harry Halem is a senior fellow at Yorktown Institute, a U.S. foreign-affairs and military-policy think tank.
—Niall Ferguson, The Atlantic, 10 Dec. 2024
Among households earning more than $150,000 a year, one-fifth met the strict definition of living paycheck to paycheck, the think tank found.
—Daniel De Visé, USA TODAY, 5 Dec. 2024
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