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  • noun Alternative spelling of think tank.

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Examples

  • His comments will be amplified in a report he had written for the St Paul's Institute - effectively the cathedral's think-tank, which is endorsed by Dr Rowan Williams, the Archbishop for/of Canterbury - and which will be published tomorrow, which argues that the City has lost its moral framework as technology has replaced human interaction.

    Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph Telegraph Staff 2011

  • His comments will be amplified in a report he had written for the St Paul's Institute - effectively the cathedral's think-tank, which is endorsed by Dr Rowan Williams, the Archbishop for/of Canterbury - and which will be published tomorrow, which argues that the City has lost its moral framework as technology has replaced human interaction.

    Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph Telegraph Staff 2011

  • When the disaster hit, the Overseas Development Institute, a U.K. think-tank, had already compiled a report outlining 28 disasters over 30 years of earthquake aid.

    What Can We Learn From The Relief Efforts In Haiti? Lauren Sullivan 2010

  • At the end, says Claire Spencer, a senior North African analyst at London think-tank Chatham House, Tunisians had had enough of Ben Ali's hardline regime.

    New Leader in Tunisia Calls for a Unity Government 2011

  • Martin Walker is senior director of the Global Business Policy Council, a private think-tank based in Washington, DC.

    Martin Walker biography 2009

  • When the disaster hit, the Overseas Development Institute, a U.K. think-tank, had already compiled a report outlining 28 disasters over 30 years of earthquake aid.

    What Can We Learn From The Relief Efforts In Haiti? The Huffington Post News Team 2010

  • At the end, says Claire Spencer, a senior North African analyst at London think-tank Chatham House, Tunisians had had enough of Ben Ali's hardline regime.

    New Leader in Tunisia Calls for a Unity Government 2011

  • At the end, says Claire Spencer, a senior North African analyst at London think-tank Chatham House, Tunisians had had enough of Ben Ali's hardline regime.

    New Leader in Tunisia Calls for a Unity Government 2011

  • A report by McKinsey Global Institute, the think-tank arm of the big consulting firm, estimates that multinationals account for 23% of the nation's private-sector output and 48% of its exports of goods.

    Big U.S. Firms Shift Hiring Abroad David Wessel 2011

  • The ZEW think-tank said Tuesday its closely watched economic-expectations index decreased to 14.1 points in March from 15.7 points in February, following four consecutive increases.

    German Economic Hopes Slip Nina Koeppen 2011

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