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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 third season sets out to remind the audience about all of that when Teen Van, played by Liv Hewson, steps up onto her wilderness soapbox. Jackie Strause, The Hollywood Reporter, 15 Feb. 2025 This is not the day to get on your soapbox and espouse your views. Georgia Nicols, The Denver Post, 17 Jan. 2025 But even Michael Saylor occasionally steps down from his soapbox to reflect on his corporate journey. Nina Bambysheva, Forbes, 30 Jan. 2025 Musk now owns the social media giant, renamed X and repurposed as his personal soapbox. Rob Picheta, CNN, 23 Jan. 2025 See All Example Sentences for soapbox
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Noun
  • While Amazon directly imports about 40% of its products, the rest are sold by independent merchants on its platform.
    Hannah Parry, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Apr. 2025
  • The show has consistently used its platform to teach important life lessons in fun and engaging ways, all done by some of the most influential faces in pop culture.
    Amber Corrine, VIBE.com, 10 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • The Democratic Party in Idaho called on the state’s federal leaders to change course from their ongoing absence and appear before voters in a public forum.
    Kevin Fixler, Idaho Statesman, 16 Mar. 2025
  • Each expressed their views at a League of Women Voters candidate forum in early March.
    Richard Requena, Chicago Tribune, 15 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • The venue, which has a concert capacity of around twenty thousand people, has become an unlikely home base for the band.
    Amanda Petrusich, New Yorker, 14 Apr. 2025
  • The vessel will also stop at the line’s private Bahamas island, Ocean Cay MSC Marine Reserve, where passengers will find loungers overlooking aquamarine water; dining venues and bars; shore excursions like kayaking and jet skiing; and more.
    Nathan Diller, USA Today, 14 Apr. 2025

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“Soapbox.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/soapbox. Accessed 20 Apr. 2025.

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