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aboveboard

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




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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

Shy’s employment history is largely aboveboard, but he’s done things for money that by his own admission are inexcusably vile.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 28, 2024

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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