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a place or opportunity for communicating ideas and information
  • some readers don't appreciate that she sometimes uses her book blog as a soapbox for her political views

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The first known use of soapbox was in 1907

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“Soapbox.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/soapbox. Accessed 13 Aug. 2020.

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