aboveboard
Example Sentences
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Cook’s lawyer, Abbe Lowell, rejected those allegations, writing Wednesday that her financing applications were aboveboard and made no attempt to mislead lenders.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 26, 2026
“It’s all aboveboard and legal. People say, you can’t do that, but, yes, you can,” Letsch said.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 25, 2026
"China never interferes in other countries' internal affairs and always acts in an open and aboveboard manner," the Chinese embassy in London has previously said.
From BBC ● Oct. 29, 2025
Even if you’re 100% aboveboard, this uncertainty is a piece we can’t control.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 9, 2025
For William, who liked to be aboveboard in everything, this posed ethical dilemmas.
From "The Woman All Spies Fear" by Amy Butler Greenfield
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