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
Popular on Variety His longtime manager Chris Thomas coordinated the recording of the track and aided in clearing the sample, while Harlow’s label, Generation Now, acted as a sounding board for Harlow.
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Mike Wass, Variety, 6 Dec. 2024
The company imagines Sora not as a filmmaker but as a filmmaker's sounding board.
—Scott Rosenberg, Axios, 10 Dec. 2024
But there are three ways leaders can leverage generative AI to support forward-looking decision-making that steer organizations toward growth and innovation: as a sounding board, to explore scenarios, and as an ideation tool.
—Teppo Felin
matthias Holweg, Harvard Business Review, 10 Dec. 2024
His real value is in the quarterbacks room as a veteran sounding board for Williams and Bagent.
—Kevin Fishbain, The Athletic, 9 Aug. 2024
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Mike Wass, Variety, 6 Dec. 2024
The company imagines Sora not as a filmmaker but as a filmmaker's sounding board.
—Scott Rosenberg, Axios, 10 Dec. 2024
But there are three ways leaders can leverage generative AI to support forward-looking decision-making that steer organizations toward growth and innovation: as a sounding board, to explore scenarios, and as an ideation tool.
—Teppo Felin
matthias Holweg, Harvard Business Review, 10 Dec. 2024
His real value is in the quarterbacks room as a veteran sounding board for Williams and Bagent.
—Kevin Fishbain, The Athletic, 9 Aug. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sounding board
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Here, therapists, psychologists, and other relationship experts share advice for how to kindly and effectively break up with someone. 1.Jenny McCoy, Glamour, 10 Jan. 2025
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However, those users would likely be unable to update or redownload the app after that date, multiple legal experts said.CJ Haddad, CNBC, 10 Jan. 2025
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Hall served as an adviser to the Service Corporation of Retired Executives (SCORE) until his death on May 8, 2002.Mike Keckhaver), arkansasonline.com, 11 Jan. 2025
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The luxury house is working with adviser Citi to decide whether to pursue a deal, Sole said, citing market speculation.Antonio Vanuzzo, Fortune Europe, 10 Jan. 2025
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Joanna Jaimes, Mano a Mano’s engaged citizens program manager, is certified as a counselor by the U.S. Department of Justice.Steve Sadin, Chicago Tribune, 16 Jan. 2025
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At Jesuit College Preparatory School in Dallas, counselor Corey Marr has seen a clear shift in his students’ willingness to talk about their own mental health since Jesuit’s Hope Squad formed there five years ago.Ciara McCarthy, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 16 Jan. 2025
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“Sounding board.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sounding%20board. Accessed 21 Jan. 2025.
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