aboveboard
Example Sentences
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I just want to make sure everything is aboveboard and done properly.
From MarketWatch • Feb. 13, 2026
“It was sad but unsurprising to see him accepting this as an aboveboard, legitimate, independent inquiry,” said Jason Furman, a former economic adviser to President Barack Obama.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 16, 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
The only problem being, of course, that whenever you ran an operation that was not aboveboard there was a certain risk of it backfiring into a worse situation than it had been before.
From "The Milagro Beanfield War" by John Nichols
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