Thunks are functions that serve to delay execution of some code
Useful for moving logic around to be executed asynchronously
Sometimes dispatching an action needs to happen somewhere down the line rather than immediately as a reaction to an event
Ajax requests to APIs don't update state in response to an event, they update state in a response to data returned by API call
Provided as Redux middleware
Allows for action creators to return not just an action, but a function that accepts dispatch
Within the function, dispatch can then be called whenever the user likes
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