as in expert
a person or group with whom you discuss ideas to see if the ideas are good
My friend is my sounding board for new ideas.
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Recent Examples of sounding board
Find someone who can be a sounding board and wise adviser with high mutual trust.
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Gregory Crawford, Forbes, 7 Jan. 2025
Consider who in your network acts as a role model, coach, connector, sounding board, sponsor, or influencer.
—Vibhas Ratanjee, Forbes, 26 Dec. 2024
Popular on Variety His longtime manager Chris Thomas coordinated the recording of the track and aided in clearing the sample, while Harlow’s label, Generation Now, acted as a sounding board for Harlow.
—Mike Wass, Variety, 6 Dec. 2024
The company imagines Sora not as a filmmaker but as a filmmaker's sounding board.
—Scott Rosenberg, Axios, 10 Dec. 2024
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Gregory Crawford, Forbes, 7 Jan. 2025
Consider who in your network acts as a role model, coach, connector, sounding board, sponsor, or influencer.
—Vibhas Ratanjee, Forbes, 26 Dec. 2024
Popular on Variety His longtime manager Chris Thomas coordinated the recording of the track and aided in clearing the sample, while Harlow’s label, Generation Now, acted as a sounding board for Harlow.
—Mike Wass, Variety, 6 Dec. 2024
The company imagines Sora not as a filmmaker but as a filmmaker's sounding board.
—Scott Rosenberg, Axios, 10 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sounding board
Noun
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If businesses can’t fill jobs because of mass deportations, prices could go up, experts have warned.—
Samantha Moilanen,
Chicago Tribune,
3 Feb. 2025
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These monitors are extensively used among people with diabetes – especially those with type 1 diabetes who are on insulin, experts say.—
Shiv Sudhakar,
Fox News,
3 Feb. 2025
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The more than two-decade federal employee who became a DEI adviser was moved to a civil rights office in December.—
Suzanne Gamboa,
NBC News,
23 Jan. 2025
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Last month, Trump’s pick of the Silicon Valley venture capitalist Sriram Krishnan as an AI adviser led to a bitter and very public spat between the two camps over visas for highly skilled immigrants.—
Ali Breland,
The Atlantic,
23 Jan. 2025
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To receive access to one-on-one confidential support with a mental health counselor, please reach out to our wellness partners.—
Becca Longmire,
People.com,
29 Jan. 2025
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For additional help, the Childhelp National Child Abuse Hotline has professional crisis counselors available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, in over 170 languages.—
Julia Marnin,
Miami Herald,
29 Jan. 2025
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“Sounding board.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sounding%20board. Accessed 6 Feb. 2025.
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