BULLY PULPIT | Meaning, Definition In Cambridge English Dictionary

Meaning of bully pulpit in English bully pulpitnoun [ C ] US uk /ˈbʊl.i ˌpʊl.pɪt/ us /ˈbʊl.i ˌpʊl.pɪt/ Add to word list Add to word list an important public position from which a person can let other people know his or her opinions on particular subjects: He intends to use his bully pulpit as state superintendent to bring attention to the issue. Over and over, he made use of the bully pulpit of the presidency, telling Americans he was doing the job they had elected him to do. Organizations - position & status

• a rung on/of the ladder idiom
• ambassador
• anti-elite
• anti-elitist
• apparatchik
• back seat
• brethren
• brother
• fish
• high-ranking
• pretender
• seat
• semi-official
• semi-officially
• ship
• social status
• spokeswoman
• subordinate
• superior
• superiority

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Examples of bully pulpit

bully pulpit First, some goals may lend themselves strategically to the proverbial bully pulpit. From the Cambridge English Corpus Bennett also found that the czar slot lent itself towards taking a bully pulpit approach. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. His work was abstruse and impenetrable, his demeanor reserved, and his resistance to using the bully pulpit to comment on current economic events unprecedented. From the Cambridge English Corpus This is often referred to as using the bully pulpit. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. This bully pulpit role is considered the mayor's strongest power. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. In his hands the preface was expanded from its former role as a private letter to a patron, to become a public lecture, and at times a bully pulpit. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. What is the pronunciation of bully pulpit?

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in Chinese (Traditional) 名望講壇（能提供機會闡明自己觀點的重要公職）… See more in Chinese (Simplified) 名望讲坛（能提供机会阐明自己观点的重要公职）… See more Need a translator?

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