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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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Not because they are especially impressed by where Williams are, even if the team insist progress is being made across the board, but because their options elsewhere are not that enticing.

From BBC • Jun. 30, 2026

Stocks linked to the build out of artificial-intelligence gain across the board premarket, with Nvidia gaining 1.2%.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 29, 2026

Suspicion has risen across the board toward the institutions that were entrusted in various forms with checking—from universities and government bodies to the press, credit agencies and legal institutions.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 28, 2026

Space stocks across the board are getting punished.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 26, 2026

Smiling, he seized his dragon, flew it across the board.

From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin




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