NOUN
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a public office of sufficiently high rank that it provides the holder with an opportunity to speak out and be listened to on any matter
the American presidency is a bully pulpit
How To Use bully pulpit In A Sentence
- Yesterday we got not a nudge but a forceful shove from a man who is supremely confident in his bully pulpit. Times, Sunday Times
- It was on that vacation that Roosevelt coined the term "bully pulpit" and brushed aside concerns about his vacation safety so soon after his predecessor was assassinated. Msnbc.com: Top msnbc.com headlines
- But when it comes to existing customers of companies like the state-owned Citizens Property Insurance, it's hard to imagine what good can come of 'cajoling' from Gallagher's "bully pulpit. Archive 2005-03-01
- She is also the VP of Watermargin and a writer for the Bully Pulpit; this sexy woman - a woman whose interests align with most women everywhere (whether its feminist advocacy or authentic Mexican food) - tells us that she's dedicated to her long-term shorty, Petunia Garcia. Stories from The Sun
- And while that makes him a lame duck, he still has his veto pen and his bully pulpit.
- His thought is that the bully pulpit of the premiership, and its tools of influence, can be used to encourage individuals to behave better to each other. Times, Sunday Times
- President Obama took the bully pulpit to New Hampshire on Tuesday to counter what he called scare tactics from opponents of his health-care reform efforts, but it's clear that the health debate has become a proxy for a bigger fight over whether the federal government is assuming too much control over the economy. Redskins Insider Podcast -- The Washington Post
- The bully pulpit can be grabbed if he combines cutting tax rates with lowering interest rates and easing up on Fed monetary policy.
- A female member of the mediacracy can now seize the bully pulpit for all women without needing to give even lip service to those women whose lives, unglamorously enough, are more blue collar than blue state. Rhymes With Rich
- He needs to use his communications skills as he does so well, " he told a seminar on energy. "If he can use his bully pulpit like this I think the American people are going to get it.
