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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On tap for the region through Saturday night are severe thunderstorms and torrential downpours that could even produce multiple tornadoes, said AccuWeather severe weather expert Guy Pearson.—
Eric Lagatta,
USA TODAY,
16 Feb. 2025
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Legal experts and union representatives argue many of DOGE’s actions are not legal.—
Nik Popli,
TIME,
15 Feb. 2025
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Look for costs to cut Retirement is a good time, financial advisers say, to look for cost savings in the household budget.—
Daniel de Visé,
USA TODAY,
16 Feb. 2025
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Next up, the president told his advisers to come up with new tariffs that take into account trade barriers and other economic approaches by U.S. trading partners that his administration deems unfair.—
Ian Austen,
New York Times,
15 Feb. 2025
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While at the University of Minnesota, Lester was a psychology counselor from 1963-1966.—
Contributed Content,
Twin Cities,
6 Feb. 2025
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Rachel Glik is a licensed professional counselor with over 30 years as a couples and individual therapist.—
Rachel Glik, Contributor,
CNBC,
4 Feb. 2025
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“Sounding board.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sounding%20board. Accessed 21 Feb. 2025.
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