See think tank on Wiktionary
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"ref": "2025 November 13, David A. Fahrenthold, Ken Bensinger, quoting Charles Jacobs, “Under Fire for Tucker Carlson Remarks, Think Tank Chief Pleads Ignorance”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC:",
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"english": "But calculations by economists from the Policy Exchange think tank, based on IMF growth forecasts, show an increase to over 50 percent.",
"ref": "2009 June 3, Alastair McCall, David Smith, “Hindus najbogatszym Brytyjczykiem”, in Polska The Times, Warszawa: Grupa Wydawnicza Polskapresse, →ISSN, →OCLC:",
"text": "Jednak obliczenia ekonomistów z think tanku Policy Exchange, oparte o prognozy wzrostu MFW, pokazują wzrost do ponad 50 proc.",
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"english": "It ironically took American money, to create the first think tank to study the Union's foreign policy, which will be born after the Lisbon Treaty comes into force.",
"ref": "2009 October 3, Wawrzyniec Smoczyński, “Myślą i rządzą”, in Polityka, number 40 (2725), Warszawa: POLITYKA Spółdzielnia Pracy, →ISSN, →OCLC:",
"text": "Jak na ironię trzeba było amerykańskich pieniędzy, by powstał pierwszy think tank badający politykę zagraniczną Unii, która narodzi się po wejściu w życie traktatu z Lizbony.",
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"english": "Or are the mayors of Bielsko, Rybnik[,] and Częstochowa already setting up their own think tanks, to look for ways to put government ideas into practice?",
"ref": "2011 February 21, Michał Wroński, “Warszawa snuje wizje, a Rybnik, Częstochowa[,] i Bielsko robią swoje”, in Dziennik Zachodni, Katowice—Bielsko-Biała—Częstochowa—Sosnowiec: \"Polskapresse\" Oddział \"Prasa Śląska\", →ISSN, →OCLC:",
"text": "A może prezydenci Bielska, Rybnika[,] i Częstochowy już tworzą własne think tanki, które poszukają sposobów na wcielenie w życie rządowych pomysłów?",
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