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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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“It’s really meant to be used as a tool to get intelligence and obtain evidence,” Vanda Brown of the Brookings Institution said of the program.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 3, 2026

Research published and presented External link by Brookings experts Tuesday contended that this approach wasn’t successful.

From Barron's • Jun. 2, 2026

David Wessel, a former economics editor of The Wall Street Journal, is a senior fellow and director of the Hutchins Center on Fiscal & Monetary Policy at the Brookings Institution.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 31, 2026

David Wessel was a contributing correspondent to The Wall Street Journal and is director of the Hutchins Center on Fiscal & Monetary Policy at the Brookings Institution.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 31, 2026

I told Brookings that your father was not to know it.

From The Homesteader A Novel by Micheaux, Oscar

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