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think tank

NOUN
research organization
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Taken together, these cuts “would shrink the economy by $1 trillion compared with maintaining the 2025 level of R&D,” reckons the Information Technology and Innovation Foundation, a science and tech think tank.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 11, 2026

In 2025, renewables reached 34 percent of global electricity generation, overtaking coal's 33 percent share for the first time in 100 years, according to energy think tank Ember.

From Barron's • Jun. 9, 2026

The arms sales have netted Pyongyang billions of dollars, according to estimates by the Institute for National Security Strategy, or INSS, a Seoul-based think tank affiliated with South Korea’s spy agency.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 8, 2026

Oscar Selby, who researches troubled High Streets at the Centre for Cities think tank, sees them as a "bellwether" for the wider economy.

From BBC • Jun. 7, 2026

This particular think tank was the Thornton Unified Research and Development Institute.

From "The Last Last-Day-of-Summer" by Lamar Giles




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