as in general
belonging or relating to the whole
an across-the-board reduction in the state's budget because of declining revenues
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across the board
2 of 2phrase
as in overall
with everyone or everything taken into account at the same time
The Oscar-nominated film received a positive reception across the board.
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Recent Examples of across-the-board
Mike Desimone, Robb Report, 6 July 2025
Chinese goods are now subject to 30% across-the-board tariffs.
—CBS News, 6 July 2025
The legislation also makes across-the-board tax changes to things like deductions for highly compensated employees and to charitable giving.
—Ted Johnson, Deadline, 3 July 2025
The deal announced this week with Vietnam looks like a clearer win for Trump, imposing 20% across-the-board tariffs and 40% on goods routed through Vietnam from China, but details are sparse.
—Rohan Goswami, semafor.com, 3 July 2025
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Adjective
While all five wines are across-the-board knockouts, our favorite is the Black Crown.
—Mike Desimone, Robb Report, 6 July 2025
Chinese goods are now subject to 30% across-the-board tariffs.
—CBS News, 6 July 2025
The legislation also makes across-the-board tax changes to things like deductions for highly compensated employees and to charitable giving.
—Ted Johnson, Deadline, 3 July 2025
The deal announced this week with Vietnam looks like a clearer win for Trump, imposing 20% across-the-board tariffs and 40% on goods routed through Vietnam from China, but details are sparse.
—Rohan Goswami, semafor.com, 3 July 2025
See All Example Sentences for across-the-board
Recent Examples of Synonyms for across-the-board
Adjective
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Performance Trade-Offs: Real-time applications face inherent constraints due to the computational overhead of symbolic reasoning, knowledge graph traversal and the general reduction in inference speeds compared to pure neural approaches.—
Anuradha Weeraman,
Forbes.com,
1 July 2025
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The studio is banking on the rapidly growing global anime fandom, particularly in the U.S., where enthusiasm spans general audiences, Hollywood creators, celebrities and businesses.—
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
1 July 2025
Adjective
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As expected, the Islanders selected touted defenseman Matthew Schaefer with the first overall pick.—
Rob Rossi,
New York Times,
28 June 2025
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Riley Greene, the fifth overall pick in the 2019 draft, has led the way with a 2.6 bWAR (Wins Above Replacement per Baseball Reference).—
Betsy Helfand,
Twin Cities,
28 June 2025
Adjective
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Fill your banner with generic corporate speak and watch high-ticket buyers scroll past.—
Jodie Cook,
Forbes.com,
30 June 2025
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The Emerson College Polling survey showed Democrats with a slight advantage over Republicans on a generic congressional ballot, with Democrats receiving close to 43 percent while Republicans received 40 percent.—
Caroline Vakil,
The Hill,
27 June 2025
Adjective
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In that case, which stemmed from President Trump's attempt to end birthright citizenship, the Supreme Court limited the use of universal injunctions in cases with individuals as plaintiffs, but gave lower courts more latitude in cases brought by states.—
Alexander Tin,
CBS News,
1 July 2025
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One of its key features is a single global namespace, a kind of universal address book that gives teams a single view of data across different locations and formats.—
Forbes.com,
Forbes.com,
1 July 2025
Adjective
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Orlando’s partnerships demonstrate what becomes possible when diverse organizations unite around a common purpose.—
Andry Sweet,
The Orlando Sentinel,
6 July 2025
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Lifeguard services were once part of Imperial Beach’s fire department, a structure that is common in some cities.—
Tammy Murga,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
6 July 2025
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Those layoffs are likely to wait until the Supreme Court weighs in on a lower-court judge’s decision to block the broader reorganization plan, Semafor reported this week.—
Shelby Talcott,
semafor.com,
28 June 2025
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But states, immigrants and rights groups that have sued to block the executive order have accused the administration of trying to unsettle the broader understanding of birthright citizenship that has been accepted since the amendment's adoption.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
28 June 2025
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“Across-the-board.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/across-the-board. Accessed 12 Jul. 2025.
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