think tank

noun

: an institute, corporation, or group organized to study a particular subject (such as a policy issue or a scientific problem) and provide information, ideas, and advice

an information technology think tank

… was responsible for the armies of new political-action committees, lobbyists and rightward think tanks that poured into Washington to counter the consumer and environmental movements he helped to inspire.

—Jonathan Rowe

Examples of think tank in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

But there is a bright spot: The climate think tank Ember notes in a report released Wednesday that a record 30% of energy production worldwide is now coming from renewable sources. —Melvin Backman, Quartz, 8 May 2024

But rates have not kept pace with inflation and do not cover important services like maternal mental-health screening, says Joy Burkhard, policy director of the Policy Center for Maternal Mental Health, a nonprofit think tank. —TIME, 7 May 2024

Word History

First Known Use

1958, in the meaning defined above

Kids Definition

think tank

noun

: an organization formed to think up new solutions especially for social and scientific problems