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
Kerr leaned on his longtime friend and former Arizona teammate Bruce Fraser as a confidant and sounding board.
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Danny Emerman, The Mercury News, 25 Feb. 2025
After spending two years as Young’s sideline sounding board, Dalton’s future is somewhat open-ended, despite his outspoken desire to stick around.
—Mike Kaye, Charlotte Observer, 18 Feb. 2025
At its best, their devotion creates something symbiotic — a real-life sounding board for his ideas.
—Jeff Ihaza, Rolling Stone, 18 Feb. 2025
The cast includes her bird pal and sounding board, Romeo (Dee Bradley Baker, whistling) and friends Petey (Vedanten Naidoo), who uses a wheelchair, and Teeny (Amari McCoy), who is only a little teeny.
—Matt Brennan, Los Angeles Times, 14 Feb. 2025
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Danny Emerman, The Mercury News, 25 Feb. 2025
After spending two years as Young’s sideline sounding board, Dalton’s future is somewhat open-ended, despite his outspoken desire to stick around.
—Mike Kaye, Charlotte Observer, 18 Feb. 2025
At its best, their devotion creates something symbiotic — a real-life sounding board for his ideas.
—Jeff Ihaza, Rolling Stone, 18 Feb. 2025
The cast includes her bird pal and sounding board, Romeo (Dee Bradley Baker, whistling) and friends Petey (Vedanten Naidoo), who uses a wheelchair, and Teeny (Amari McCoy), who is only a little teeny.
—Matt Brennan, Los Angeles Times, 14 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sounding board
Noun
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All the fashion experts—including Hailey Bieber—have surrendered to their charm.—
Isabel Serra,
Glamour,
15 Apr. 2025
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Here’s what the experts have to say about why grief shows up in the body and how to cope with it.—
Kathleen Ferraro,
SELF,
15 Apr. 2025
Noun
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He was corrected by former White House senior adviser Mike Donilon, who is currently a spring resident fellow at IOP and worked on Biden's reelection campaign.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
MSNBC Newsweek,
17 Apr. 2025
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White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt and White House Faith Office senior adviser Paula White will also attend.—
Ross O'Keefe,
The Washington Examiner,
16 Apr. 2025
Noun
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But his high school counselor Gwen Fields encouraged him to apply to college and coached him through the process.—
Todd Longwell,
Variety,
9 Apr. 2025
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Musk, 53, and economist Peter Navarro, who serves as Trump’s senior counselor for trade and manufacturing, have been at odds over the sweeping tariffs the president imposed last week.—
Daniel S. Levine,
People.com,
9 Apr. 2025
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“Sounding board.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sounding%20board. Accessed 22 Apr. 2025.
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