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think-tank en · NOUN

Meanings

  1. (alt-of, alternative) Alternative spelling of think tank.
    alt of think tank

Forms

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think-tanks Number=Plur lexicographic

think-tank en · VERB

Meanings

  1. (ambitransitive) To perform research and develop recommendations as part of a think tank.
    • And punishing the ones who were responsible for think-tanking, creating and unleashing this horrible monster, murdering biological warfare on the people, while being faithfully, willingly and ready to die in accomplishing their conquest against these evil-doers. 2016, Warren Henderson, Destiny to Die, →ISBN:
    • The chairman had some quite remarkable hearings last year — I think you cited in your testimony Dr. Lange and others who came here and sort of think-tanked for us — and it was very interesting. 1985, United States. Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary. Subcommittee on Courts, Civil Liberties, and the Administration of Justice, Audio and Video First Sale Doctrine:
    • In either event, depending on the nature of the business and the help needed, assistance through the entire procedure will be provided. Everything from devising a business plan to business expansion strategies are think-tanked. 1990, William Edward Burghardt Du Bois, Crisis, page 20:
    • Bill will change jobs to be closer, will move from D.C. to L.A., just after the riots, and will do his think-tanking there. 2013, Dave Eggers, A Heartbreaking Work Of Staggering Genius: A Memoir Based on a True Story, →ISBN:
    • To Schroeder, the trip to FedEx's 2015 small-business summit, where she and fellow winners “think-tanked it out,” was invaluable. 2016, Finance Your Business, →ISBN:

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think-tanked Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
think-tanked Tense=Past lexicographic
think-tanking Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
think-tanks Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic