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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 boards
Beyond programs, the clubs connect children with trusted adults and older children who can serve as role models and sounding boards.
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Elise Schmelzer, Denver Post, 27 Oct. 2025
These club-like bodies have also served as sounding boards for the Academy’s leadership during challenging times for the organization, and, in turn, the organization’s leaders have provided a support system for affinity groups during challenging times for their communities.
—Scott Feinberg, HollywoodReporter, 24 Oct. 2025
Mentors in and out of your company can be invaluable sounding boards.
—Julia Korn, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2025
Elise Schmelzer, Denver Post, 27 Oct. 2025
These club-like bodies have also served as sounding boards for the Academy’s leadership during challenging times for the organization, and, in turn, the organization’s leaders have provided a support system for affinity groups during challenging times for their communities.
—Scott Feinberg, HollywoodReporter, 24 Oct. 2025
Mentors in and out of your company can be invaluable sounding boards.
—Julia Korn, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for sounding boards
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Then Vice President Cheney condemned those behind the torture scandal, while at the same time defending water-boarding as a useful means of extracting vital intelligence (many intelligence experts say water-boarding is torture, and its victims will say anything to avoid further abuse).—
Ben Wedeman,
CNN Money,
5 Nov. 2025
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Renewables experts tell me that, in a world ruled by logic and economics rather than imaginings about the wrong enemy, both numbers would be much higher.—
Shaun McKinnon,
AZCentral.com,
4 Nov. 2025
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According to John, Anita went on to build her own million-dollar accounting firm and became one of the top financial advisors in the Philadelphia area.—
Essence,
Essence,
31 Oct. 2025
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In the Lakers transaction, BofA Securities and Guggenheim Securities served as financial advisers for Walter, with Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP acting as legal adviser.—
Todd Spangler,
Variety,
30 Oct. 2025
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The next month, Holliday traveled to Akron and completed six sessions over two days at Emerge, according to a letter from Emerge counselors filed in a lawsuit.—
Mike Hixenbaugh,
NBC news,
30 Oct. 2025
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For additional help, the Childhelp National Child Abuse Hotline has professional crisis counselors available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, in over 170 languages.—
Paloma Chavez,
Sacbee.com,
29 Oct. 2025
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In some states, depending on the circumstances of the death, you may be required to hire biohazard specialists before renting the place out again.—
Lew Sichelman,
Miami Herald,
31 Oct. 2025
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Given the uncertainty around premiums, this is not a good year to do that, enrollment specialists say.—
Michelle Andrews,
NPR,
31 Oct. 2025
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“Sounding boards.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sounding%20boards. Accessed 10 Nov. 2025.
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