sounding board
响板
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- : a thin, resonant plate of wood forming part of a musical instrument, and so placed as to enhance the power and quality of the tone.
- : a structure over or behind and above a speaker, orchestra, etc., to reflect the sound toward the audience.
- : a board used in floors, partitions, etc., for deadening sound.
- : a person or persons whose reactions serve as a measure of the effectiveness of the methods, ideas, etc., put forth.
- : a person or group that propagates ideas, opinions, etc.: He was more of a sounding board than a novelist.
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Examples
As it evolves Privacy Sandbox ad methods and other tools, the group serves as a sounding board.
A third-generation coal miner who wore his western Pennsylvania roots proudly, Trumka was a crucial sounding board for Presidents from both parties on trade deals, labor disputes and worker safety, but he never fell for the trappings of Washington.
Instead, Grant said, loved ones should try to be “a sounding board” for frustration or sadness that pickers may feel and then act as a resource to guide them toward help.
They need to test hunches, tips and assumptions, and other insiders provide an ideal sounding board.
In San Francisco, Mayhew was a sounding board for Lynch and concentrated on scouting and football operations.
Meanwhile, almost exactly 30 years after the trial, the judge left his home to board a steamboat and was never heard from again.
Chérif was arrested in Paris in January 2005 as he was about to board a plane to Damascus along with a man named Thamer Bouchnak.
On his eighth try, more than three decades after he went in, the parole board finally voted to release Sam.
The advisor would cite reasonable-sounding sources like haltabuse.org and the FBI.
The Supreme Court eventually stepped in and ended legal segregation in the landmark 1954 decision, Brown v. Board of Education.
The Spaniards captured two schooners, having on board 22 officers and 30 men, all of whom were hanged or sent to the mines.
She had just left the wharf at Cincinnati for Louisville, with 225 passengers on board, of whom but 124 were saved.
The patache was never seen again, and there is not much doubt that it was lost with all hands on board.
Hoosier hurried on board the boat, and followed Dick's instructions to the letter.
For the purpose of ascertaining the Board's powers in this connection the opinion of the Attorney General has been requested.