across-the-board

Example Sentences

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State officials — and many local leaders — tend to resist the idea of across-the-board rules.

From Los Angeles Times

“He came by the office and assured us that there is an across-the-board prohibition on hate symbols, including swastikas and nooses,” Underwood said in a video on X.

From Salon

China’s across-the-board energy expansion has been a huge boon to growth.

From The Wall Street Journal

But, he added, “I don’t believe that you take this brute force, across-the-board approach to AI in the business.”

From The Wall Street Journal

“It’s always been the place where projects get stuck. This is the first clean, across-the-board, objective, straightforward exemption that anyone can figure out.”

From Los Angeles Times