Definitions for bully pulpit
bul·ly pul·pit

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1. bully pulpitnoun

   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"

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1. bully pulpitnoun

   an advantageous position from which to express one's views

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1. Bully pulpit

   A bully pulpit is a conspicuous position that provides an opportunity to speak out and be listened to. This term was coined by United States President Theodore Roosevelt, who referred to his office as a "bully pulpit", by which he meant a terrific platform from which to advocate an agenda. Roosevelt used the word bully as an adjective meaning "superb" or "wonderful", a more common usage at that time.

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1. bully pulpit

   A bully pulpit is a position of authority or public visibility, especially a political office, from which one can influence or speak out on issues. It originated from the term used by President Theodore Roosevelt, who referred to the White House as a "bully pulpit", meaning a terrific platform from which to advocate an agenda.

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of bully pulpit in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of bully pulpit in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

Examples of bully pulpit in a Sentence

1. Charlie Sykes:

   Look, you and I can go on for some time with the facts, and we could also observe the Republicans are losing their minds, and behaving in extreme ways, but, right now, the Democrats are in charge. And at some point, I do think that Joe Biden has to come up with some sort of a reset. Find a way to connect to the American people in a way that he hasn't, use the bully pulpit more effectively.

2. Brian Levin:

   Even though President Biden is providing leadership from the bully pulpit.

3. Michael Gerhardt:

   Trump abused the bully pulpit to intimidate witnesses, literally bully people and spread disinformation. It's never been done on the scale that he did it.

4. Bernie Sanders:

   I think we can do it. And I think that's what the bully pulpit is about, and that's what organizing effort's about. And that's what this campaign is about.

5. Monica Klein:

   This is a man who used his bully pulpit and the office of the governor to build and brandish his public image daily. Now, he can't rely on the constant coverage he once earned as the top state official, there is no beat for' former governor angrily tweeting from Westchester.'.

References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=bully pulpit
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Bully_Pulpit
3. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bully_Pulpit
4. ^ ChatGPT
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