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
Advisors act as a sounding board, a second set of eyes, and an accountability partner.
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True Tamplin, Forbes.com, 27 Mar. 2025
Kerr leaned on his longtime friend and former Arizona teammate Bruce Fraser as a confidant and sounding board.
—Danny Emerman, The Mercury News, 25 Feb. 2025
After spending two years as Young’s sideline sounding board, Dalton’s future is somewhat open-ended, despite his outspoken desire to stick around.
—Mike Kaye, Charlotte Observer, 18 Feb. 2025
At its best, their devotion creates something symbiotic — a real-life sounding board for his ideas.
—Jeff Ihaza, Rolling Stone, 18 Feb. 2025
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True Tamplin, Forbes.com, 27 Mar. 2025
Kerr leaned on his longtime friend and former Arizona teammate Bruce Fraser as a confidant and sounding board.
—Danny Emerman, The Mercury News, 25 Feb. 2025
After spending two years as Young’s sideline sounding board, Dalton’s future is somewhat open-ended, despite his outspoken desire to stick around.
—Mike Kaye, Charlotte Observer, 18 Feb. 2025
At its best, their devotion creates something symbiotic — a real-life sounding board for his ideas.
—Jeff Ihaza, Rolling Stone, 18 Feb. 2025
See All Example Sentences for sounding board
Recent Examples of Synonyms for sounding board
Noun
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Only 20 experts out of the roughly 525 who did the work at USAID's Bureau of Humanitarian Assistance and its Office of U.S. Foreign Disaster Relief are being hired by PRM, the source said.—
Jonathan Landay,
USA Today,
23 May 2025
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Food security experts say tens of thousands of cases are expected in the coming year.—
Mohammed Jahjouh,
Los Angeles Times,
22 May 2025
Noun
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Since the Republican election victory all tax advisers have speculated that the reduction might not occur.—
Martin Shenkman,
Forbes.com,
11 May 2025
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In the same way that Chris added daughter Dawn to join her, my friend Cyndy Allen, a vice president and financial adviser for RBC Wealth Management, hired her daughter Corinne Patteson, who had majored in math and finance in college, to join her as a financial adviser.—
Lynne Agress,
Baltimore Sun,
11 May 2025
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In East Aurora, overall vacancies — inclusive of vacancies for teachers, paraprofessionals, school counselors, etc. — went up slightly in recent years, from 67 in 2023 to 71 in 2025, according to data from the Illinois State Board of Education.—
Molly Morrow,
Chicago Tribune,
16 May 2025
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Trying to keep order is Daddy Wags, the camp counselor nicely played in a supporting role by Joel Edgerton, who also is a producer.—
Pete Hammond,
Deadline,
16 May 2025
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“Sounding board.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sounding%20board. Accessed 25 May. 2025.
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