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think-tanking

think-tanking is the present participle and gerund of think-tank.

Meaning of think-tank

Verb

think-tank (third-person singular simple present think-tanks, present participle think-tanking, simple past and past participle think-tanked)

  1. (ambitransitive) To perform research and develop recommendations as part of a think tank.
    • 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

Questions about think-tanking

What is think-tanking the present participle and gerund of?
Think-tanking is the present participle and gerund of think-tank.

Words near think-tanking in the dictionary

  1. think-pair-sharing
  2. think-tank
  3. think-tanked
  4. think-tanker
  5. think-tankers
  6. think-tanking
  7. think-tanks
  8. thinkability
  9. thinkable
  10. thinkableness
  11. thinkables

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