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think tank

NOUN
research organization
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That has been true of focus groups the think tank organised in Makerfield, too.

From BBC • Jun. 11, 2026

Disappearances have more than doubled over the past decade, according to think tank México Evalúa.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 11, 2026

“This initiative reflects the serious crisis we face and that affordability is a real thing,” said Vikas Saini, president of the Lown Institute, a Massachusetts-based healthcare think tank.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 10, 2026

Nevertheless, "the Trump-Lula channel is the best thing" the US-Brazil relationship currently has, Bruna Santos, Brazil director at the Inter-American Dialogue think tank, told AFP.

From Barron's • Jun. 9, 2026

During those chaotic years, as the basic functioning of Kim Jong Il’s government stalled, think tank experts in the West were writing books with doomsday titles such as The End of North Korea.

From "Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West" by Blaine Harden




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