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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

John Kennedy, the WMO's climate information chief, said that as there was no specific definition of a heatwave, it was therefore hard to describe one as record-breaking across the board.

From Barron's • Jun. 26, 2026

Space stocks across the board are getting punished.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 26, 2026

That standard should apply across the board, and it begins with independent audits: test sets built not from sanitized benchmarks but from questions people actually ask.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 22, 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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