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
Beyond that, a producer can also be, for an artist, a trusted confidant, a sounding board for ideas.
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Audrey Gibbs, The Tennessean, 2 July 2025
That support gives them the confidence and a sounding board that their decisions are moving the business in the right direction.
—David Morel, Forbes.com, 1 July 2025
Large language models that power advanced AI chatbots can be impressive sidekicks and sounding boards, to be sure.
—Allison Morrow, CNN Money, 18 June 2025
The comment section also became a sounding board for others who felt similarly disillusioned with adulthood.
—Melissa Fleur Afshar, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 June 2025
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Audrey Gibbs, The Tennessean, 2 July 2025
That support gives them the confidence and a sounding board that their decisions are moving the business in the right direction.
—David Morel, Forbes.com, 1 July 2025
Large language models that power advanced AI chatbots can be impressive sidekicks and sounding boards, to be sure.
—Allison Morrow, CNN Money, 18 June 2025
The comment section also became a sounding board for others who felt similarly disillusioned with adulthood.
—Melissa Fleur Afshar, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sounding board
Noun
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In recent years, partly due to social media, where content tagged #ADHD has hundreds of millions of views, more women are being diagnosed in their own right, though experts caution against using social media or any sort of quick questionnaire to diagnose oneself.—
Daliah Singer,
Smithsonian Magazine,
9 July 2025
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Brighton and Hove Albion have become experts at it.—
Steve Madeley,
New York Times,
9 July 2025
Noun
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Massad Boulos, the U.S. senior adviser for Africa, took to X on Thursday to defend Trump.—
Jenny Goldsberry,
The Washington Examiner,
10 July 2025
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Like fellow venture capitalist David Sacks — a tech adviser to Trump — and Tesla, X and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk, Maguire has used social media to broadcast right-wing ideas and attack ideological foes.—
Ethan Baron,
Mercury News,
10 July 2025
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Fueled by torrential early-morning storms, water engulfed the region’s infamously flood-prone terrain and swept away at least 28 campers and counselors from the beloved girls-only camp, where approximately 750 people were staying, marking one of the most devastated sites that day.—
Janelle Griffith,
People.com,
15 July 2025
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At least 27 campers and counselors from Camp Mystic, an all-girls Christian camp, are among the victims.—
Kathryn Palmer,
USA Today,
14 July 2025
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“Sounding board.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sounding%20board. Accessed 21 Jul. 2025.
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