across-the-board
Example Sentences
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While Spirit had shrunk to a fraction of its former size by the time it closed, “we saw across-the-board improvement in all those places that we compete directly,” he said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 7, 2026
The governor has largely resisted adopting new across-the-board tax increases or sharply curtailing his expensive policy proposals in order to align state spending with revenue.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 14, 2026
UBS analyst Tim Arcuri estimates that the total addressable market for server CPUs could reach about $170 billion in 2030, which “would translate to across-the-board upside” for Intel, AMD and Arm.
From MarketWatch ● May 6, 2026
The move to an across-the-board tariff of 10%, with carve-outs for some kinds of goods, had already reset the competitive landscape, putting shipments from all countries on even footing.
From BBC ● Mar. 4, 2026
Their response pretty much across-the-board was to accelerate their rate of arrival, and to spread out as much as was humanly possible.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
