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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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“I fear there is a considerable risk of much higher gas and diesel prices in the weeks to come,” said Michael O’Hanlon, director of research of the foreign policy program at the Brookings Institution.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 15, 2026

“Voters’ opinion of the economy has mostly hardened,” said Aaron Klein, chair of economic studies at the Brookings Institution.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 7, 2026

At least 15 states have weighed moratoriums on data-center construction, and at least 100 localities have approved one, according to Brookings.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 4, 2026

Robin Brooks, a former Goldman Sachs currency strategist and current fellow at the Brookings Institution, plotted the weighted average of U.S. data surprises versus the 10-year U.S.

From MarketWatch Sep. 1, 2026

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

From The Homesteader A Novel by Oscar Micheaux

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