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aboveboard

[uh-buhv-bawrd, -bohrd] / əˈbʌvˌbɔrd, -ˌboʊrd /




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Wedgewood appears to have charged clients to conduct surveys on their behalf, a standard practice for aboveboard polling firms that could in this case amount to fraud.

From Slate ● Oct. 22, 2026

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

I just want to make sure everything is aboveboard and done properly.

From MarketWatch ● Feb. 13, 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

Gies & Co. still had some unaccounted-for thousand-guilder bills, which they used to pay their estimated taxes for the coming years, so everything seems to be aboveboard.

From "The Diary of a Young Girl" by Anne Frank


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