across-the-board
adjective
1
: placed to win if a competitor wins, places, or shows
an across-the-board racing bet
2
: embracing or affecting all classes or categories : blanket
an across-the-board price increase
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Examples of across-the-board in a Sentence
an across-the-board reduction in the state's budget because of declining revenues
Recent Examples on the Web
Trump's proposals, mirroring those of Patrick Buchanan, are for a single-rate across-the-board universal tariff of 10% or perhaps later 20%, instead of the troublesome item-by-item and country-by-country approach of the past.
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Nathan Lewis, Forbes, 8 Oct. 2024
His three subsequent budget proposals were no different: across-the-board reductions to federal research programs, while pushing for increases to defense technology development and demonstration projects.
—Kenneth Evans, The Conversation, 8 Oct. 2024
An across-the-board tariff would be a radical departure from current economic policy.
—Laurent Belsie, The Christian Science Monitor, 4 Oct. 2024
Because of across-the-board budget cuts at Netflix (and other networks and streamers), the order to The Abandons, originally announced as 10 episodes, had been trimmed to 8 and subsequently 7 episodes.
—Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 3 Oct. 2024
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Nathan Lewis, Forbes, 8 Oct. 2024
His three subsequent budget proposals were no different: across-the-board reductions to federal research programs, while pushing for increases to defense technology development and demonstration projects.
—Kenneth Evans, The Conversation, 8 Oct. 2024
An across-the-board tariff would be a radical departure from current economic policy.
—Laurent Belsie, The Christian Science Monitor, 4 Oct. 2024
Because of across-the-board budget cuts at Netflix (and other networks and streamers), the order to The Abandons, originally announced as 10 episodes, had been trimmed to 8 and subsequently 7 episodes.
—Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 3 Oct. 2024
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“Across-the-board.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/across-the-board. Accessed 22 Oct. 2024.
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