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across-the-board

[uh-kraws-thuh-bawrd, -bohrd, uh-kros-] / əˈkrɔs ðəˈbɔrd, -ˈboʊrd, əˈkrɒs- /


ADVERB
without exception
Synonyms
STRONG


Example Sentences

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Across-the-board, they find big drops between spring 2019, before the pandemic hit, and spring 2021, one year in.

From Washington Post • Nov. 23, 2022

Across-the-board, paid family leave for up to three months.

From Fox News • Sep. 15, 2021

Across-the-board price increases put marriage out of reach.

From Washington Times • Jul. 23, 2019

Across-the-board increases on existing drugs also have driven up costs, said John Rother, president of the National Coalition on Health Care, an advocacy group.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 11, 2016

Across-the-board cuts known as sequestration have also nibbled away at planetary science budgets.

From Scientific American • Dec. 4, 2013