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board

[bawrd] / bɔrd /
NOUN
piece of wood
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VERB
provide food and sleeping quarters
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STRONGEST
WEAK


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Magnesium did not simply raise vitamin D across the board.

From Science Daily

“The one thing people don’t understand, when you become a head coach, it’s a little bit of a lonely position. Because, who do you go to for advice when you’re the chairman of the board?”

From The Wall Street Journal

Bank management teams and boards have long been “complacent, and I would even argue arrogant.”

From The Wall Street Journal

The EU and 23 nations around the Mediterranean have signed an agreement, which states that those species cannot be "retained on board, transhipped, landed, transferred, stored, sold or displayed or offered for sale".

From BBC

This is the reason that shareholders and boards are willing to pay good managers well.

From The Wall Street Journal