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Brookings

American  
[brook-ingz] / ˈbrʊk ɪŋz /

noun

  1. Robert Somers 1850–1932, U.S. merchant and philanthropist.

  2. a city in E South Dakota.


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Darrell West, a Senior Fellow at the Center for Technology Innovation at the Brookings Institution, a think tank, told MarketWatch that it appears Trump may be returning to the Biden administration’s approach of AI oversight.

From MarketWatch • May 6, 2026

"I really consider Ukraine to be a major teacher in the future of national defence and armaments," said Melanie Sisson, a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution.

From BBC • May 6, 2026

“If you told me 20 years from now that the debt-to-GDP ratio was going to be 100%, I would be ecstatic,” said William Gale, an economist at the Brookings Institution.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 30, 2026

Shibley Telhami, a professor of peace and development at the University of Maryland and a fellow at the Brookings Institution think tank, says the threat of a blockade was "bewildering and seems self-defeating."

From Barron's • Apr. 12, 2026

"We don't want to let anybody else in on this if we can help it," cautioned Brookings.

From The Skylark of Space by Smith, E. E. (Edward Elmer)