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
As a mentor and sounding board, Faulk could be a coup for CU’s tailbacks.
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Sean Keeler, The Denver Post, 7 Feb. 2025
To shift this, instead of taking over, become a supportive sounding board.
—Mark Travers, Forbes, 13 Jan. 2025
As a result, Mayo was left without an experienced sounding board during the more difficult days of the season.
—Chad Graff, The Athletic, 8 Jan. 2025
All Brentwood football coach Jake Ford can do is offer support and be a sounding board as players who lost homes in the Palisades fire try to deal with the life-changing event.
—Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 13 Jan. 2025
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Sean Keeler, The Denver Post, 7 Feb. 2025
To shift this, instead of taking over, become a supportive sounding board.
—Mark Travers, Forbes, 13 Jan. 2025
As a result, Mayo was left without an experienced sounding board during the more difficult days of the season.
—Chad Graff, The Athletic, 8 Jan. 2025
All Brentwood football coach Jake Ford can do is offer support and be a sounding board as players who lost homes in the Palisades fire try to deal with the life-changing event.
—Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 13 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sounding board
Noun
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Travelers beware: From vacation scams to insurance to personal safety, a few key considerations can make or break a big trip, according to industry experts.—
Gretchen Eichenberg,
Fox News,
27 Feb. 2025
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This crisis, which human rights experts have described as a genocide, has also resulted in a moment of reckoning for the West.—
Hazlitt,
Hazlitt,
27 Feb. 2025
Noun
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An adviser of President Donald Trump has said there will be cuts in the administration of Medicaid to reduce fraud.—
Dan Perry,
Newsweek,
28 Feb. 2025
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Pritzker and disingenuous Democrats slam Trump and his adviser Elon Musk in an attempt to blame them for all that is wrong.—
Willie Wilson,
Chicago Tribune,
27 Feb. 2025
Noun
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When Ruby Franke’s 12-year-old son managed to escape from counselor Jodi Hildebrandt’s Utah house in August 2023 by crawling out a window and ringing a neighbor’s doorbell, the wounds on his hands and feet were covered with bloody duct tape.—
Claudia Rosenbaum,
Vulture,
4 Mar. 2025
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University counselors should be trained to help animal researchers navigate complex feelings of guilt, grief, and anxiety, without pressure to reconcile those feelings with any particular ethical stance.—
Celia Ford,
Vox,
3 Mar. 2025
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“Sounding board.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sounding%20board. Accessed 10 Mar. 2025.
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