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
During those years, Leigh Anne was a sounding board for her husband.
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Pilar Melendez, NBC news, 4 Feb. 2026
Cunningham had been Poles’ right-hand man with the Bears since 2022, a sounding board who was involved in everything from personnel evaluation to analytics to sports science.
—Dan Wiederer, New York Times, 4 Feb. 2026
Hamid had an eye toward bringing on another partner who’d be his counterpart, sounding board, and sometime foil.
—Allie Garfinkle, Fortune, 31 Jan. 2026
Everyone else can just go find another query sounding board.
—Literary Hub, 29 Jan. 2026
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Pilar Melendez, NBC news, 4 Feb. 2026
Cunningham had been Poles’ right-hand man with the Bears since 2022, a sounding board who was involved in everything from personnel evaluation to analytics to sports science.
—Dan Wiederer, New York Times, 4 Feb. 2026
Hamid had an eye toward bringing on another partner who’d be his counterpart, sounding board, and sometime foil.
—Allie Garfinkle, Fortune, 31 Jan. 2026
Everyone else can just go find another query sounding board.
—Literary Hub, 29 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sounding board
Noun
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Ying-yu Lin, a PLA expert at Tamkang University in Taipei, said the consistently rising defense budget shows that China’s military needs have not declined because of changes like economic slowdown.—
John Liu,
CNN Money,
5 Mar. 2026
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Claude initially refused to cooperate with the hacking attempts and even denied requests to cover the hackers’ digital tracks, the experts who discovered the breach said.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
5 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Wholesale prices for gasoline futures could rise 25 cents immediately because of the war with Iran, and that could translate to an increase of 5 cents to 10 cents per day for a while, said Tom Kloza, a veteran oil analyst and an advisor to Gulf Oil, a US company.—
Hanna Ziady,
CNN Money,
1 Mar. 2026
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Minyon Moore, a former adviser to Hillary Clinton who co-chairs the committee, spoke, as Biden had, about the Party’s values.—
Amy Davidson Sorkin,
New Yorker,
1 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Owners David, a pharmacist, and Ryan, a counselor, began restoring historic homes out of personal passion before turning their knack for curation into a hospitality venture.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
2 Mar. 2026
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Once your application is received, an adoption counselor will reach out via email and telephone.—
Maryanne Dell,
Oc Register,
28 Feb. 2026
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Those quotes were used to provide context and avoid downplaying the role of slavery in the Confederate rebellion, according to a former Harpers Ferry media specialist who inserted them.—
Karin Brulliard,
Arkansas Online,
3 Mar. 2026
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Declan Coady, 20, of West Des Moines, lowa, who was posthumously promoted from specialist.—
Dallas Morning News,
Dallas Morning News,
3 Mar. 2026
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“Sounding board.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sounding%20board. Accessed 8 Mar. 2026.
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