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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The initiatives have been promoted by the Freedom Foundation, an anti-union national think tank.
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Jeffrey S. Solochek, Miami Herald, 1 May 2026
Nevertheless, conservative think tanks opposed the Biden SNAP policy, with some claiming that paying these low-income SSI beneficiaries less could save the federal government $20 billion over the next decade.
—Eli Hager, ProPublica, 28 Apr. 2026
Despite ideological differences, JNIM and the FLA have a common interest in routing out the Malian army from northern and central Mali, as well as Russian soldiers allied with Mali’s security forces, said Rida Lyammouri, senior fellow at the Policy Center for the New South, a Moroccan think tank.
—ABC News, 27 Apr. 2026
Other media outlets featured similarly critical remarks from Vahe Hovhannisyan, a member of the Armenian Alternative Projects think tank.
—Brady Knox, The Washington Examiner, 25 Apr. 2026
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Jeffrey S. Solochek, Miami Herald, 1 May 2026
Nevertheless, conservative think tanks opposed the Biden SNAP policy, with some claiming that paying these low-income SSI beneficiaries less could save the federal government $20 billion over the next decade.
—Eli Hager, ProPublica, 28 Apr. 2026
Despite ideological differences, JNIM and the FLA have a common interest in routing out the Malian army from northern and central Mali, as well as Russian soldiers allied with Mali’s security forces, said Rida Lyammouri, senior fellow at the Policy Center for the New South, a Moroccan think tank.
—ABC News, 27 Apr. 2026
Other media outlets featured similarly critical remarks from Vahe Hovhannisyan, a member of the Armenian Alternative Projects think tank.
—Brady Knox, The Washington Examiner, 25 Apr. 2026
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