think tank
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4.1
- noun
- /θɪŋk tæŋk/
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grupo de expertos
- And I moved from there to to Brookings, which is a big think tank in Washington.
- a policy think tank
- a conservative think tank
- oriented think tanks
He said his job was working for a civilian think tank outside of Washington, DC.
- He said his job was working for a civilian think tank outside of Washington, DC.
- And then they get paid to work for a think tank or work for a newspaper.
- And the lifestyle of, of working in a think tank just wasn't working for me.
- So we created a think tank which was called the Berlin Civil Society Center.
- And I moved from there to to Brookings, which is a big think tank in Washington.
- Big well known economists and well known think tanks have just gotten us totally wrong.
- So it's quite good training for kind of journalism and think tank world.
- So I lobbied this think tank and in the end they said, look, we found the funding.
- And Gal Luft was a well known staple of the think tank world in Washington, DC for a decade.
- Now, most people, or maybe I'm just speaking for myself here, they associate think tanks with politics and government.
- I mean, why was the Chinese Communist Party fuelling this pseudo think tank with millions of dollars?
- It was also partnered with Burisma, by the way, this this NATO think tank.
- So the universities are like, I'm not going to talk about China think tanks.
- I've now decided having been a journalist, I'll run a think tank or I'll run a network, or I'll write a bio.
- And then he took the National Security Council, which had been kind of kind of like a think tank, and he made that.
- And I mean, I know I run my own website, Keo, a little think tank.
Examples
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The authors noted a strong connection between a think tank's funding and its media visibility.
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The books and articles highlighted focus on the role of think tanks in society.
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The United Nations is well placed to play the role of think tank for the global future.
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So we created a think tank which was called the Berlin Civil Society Center.
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Your sister works for a think tank in D.C.
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Policy papers produced by these think tanks are more likely to be seen by journalists and the public.
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Now, most people, or maybe I'm just speaking for myself here, they associate think tanks with politics and government.
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A number of these indicators have been adopted from the conservative think tanks Heritage Foundation and Freedom House.
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He said his job was working for a civilian think tank outside of Washington, DC.
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The government sought advice from a prominent think tank to address the rising unemployment rates.
Synonyms
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A group of expert advisors who help a leader, often unofficially in politics
How Expert
Surface Forms
Morphology
think + tank
Although 'think' clearly signals mental activity, 'tank' is a concrete noun (container/armoured vehicle) whose contribution here is metaphorical; an average B1 learner who knows both words might infer it's a place or group where people do a lot of thinking but may not derive the full sense 'an organized research/advice body'. The expression is partly compositional and often borrowed or explained cross-linguistically, but the institutional/metaphorical shift is not fully predictable without prior exposure.
Etymology
Think tank may come from the image of a strong, protected tank where people go to think and plan together, like a small group sheltered to make big decisions. That's why it now means 'a group of experts who study problems and give advice'.