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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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Recent Examples of soapbox The vegetarianism, that is, not the ethical soapbox speeches. David G. Allan, CNN, 27 Nov. 2024 Everyone who does always comes away either with their mind blown or with a newfound soapbox about how convention breaking doesn’t always mean better. Constance Grady, Vox, 4 Nov. 2024 Allow me a brief moment to stand on a soapbox and make some important remarks about the mental health uses of generative AI. Lance Eliot, Forbes, 2 Nov. 2024 Colin Farrell plays Oz’s big soapbox moment like a kabuki version of an undercover midnight drug or arms deal scene from Miami Vice — hamming it up and steely-eyed steaming it up in equal measure. Andy Andersen, Vulture, 27 Oct. 2024 See All Example Sentences for soapbox
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Noun
  • For viewers watching online on platforms like Twitch, understanding both elements is required.
    Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 22 Feb. 2025
  • The programs use an online platform based on the consumer's address, specific problems, and lawn size to pinpoint and recommend the right products and application times to help the lawn thrive.
    Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 22 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • These meetings provide a forum to: • Review AI performance metrics.
    Himanshu Sinha, Forbes, 19 Feb. 2025
  • His remarks came while speaking at the Alliance for Responsible Citizenship (ARC) forum in London.
    Kristina Watrobski, Baltimore Sun, 18 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • For Kelela, playing the storied venue brought back memories of driving six hours from her home in D.C., on a school night, to witness Larrieux there circa 2003.
    Elise Brisco, Rolling Stone, 25 Feb. 2025
  • But the unions had shopped for the right venue for their new case, putting it before Dane County circuit court judge Jacob Frost, who dutifully ruled Act 10 unconstitutional last year.
    The Editors, National Review, 25 Feb. 2025

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