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across-the-board
across–the–board
adjective
Definition of ACROSS-THE-BOARD
belonging or relating to the whole <an across-the-board reduction in the state's budget because of declining revenues>
Related Words all-embracing, broad, broad-gauge (or broad-gauged), broadscale, comprehensive, extensive, inclusionary, overarching, pervasive, sweeping, ubiquitous, wholesale, wide, widespread; aggregate, collective, complete, full, plenary; planetary, worldwide
Near Antonyms component, constituent; cross-sectional, divisional, fragmentary, partial; local, localized, regional, sectional
Antonyms individual, particular
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