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The answer to that question depends on how you are using the phrase "a thinking." It can be a noun phrase to refer to an individual's thought process or opinion, in which case it would be correct and usable in written English. For example, you could write: "John's a thinking is that the best course of action is to wait and see how the situation develops."
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But Thomas thinks Socrates thinks, and is thus a thinking thing.
I think of him behind the plate as well: a thinking bookend, a stump in charge.
It's a thinking man's position".
A thinking man's Ribena?
But a thinking person would be wrong.
This is a thinking person's church".
"It's a thinking man's game," he said.
Football is not a thinking man's game.
It's a thinking person's kite exhibition.
A thinking man's footballer before his time.
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Which set the books team a-thinking.
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