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as in organization
a group of persons formally joined together for some common interest
a proposal that is likely to meet with strong opposition from the local board of undertakers
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as in table
a leg-mounted piece of furniture with a broad flat top designed for the serving of food
in preparation for the governor's visit, the taverner arranged an array of fancy dishes and silverware on the inn's finest board
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as in to feed
to provide food or meals for
housed and boarded many foster children over the years
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as in to house
to provide with living quarters or shelter
boarded the stray cat until a permanent home could be found
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Recent Examples of board
Dieter Kurtenbach, Mercury News, 25 Apr. 2026
From there, the committee is expected to present their selection to a closed session of the Amtrak board in May.
—Evan Simko-Bednarski, New York Daily News, 25 Apr. 2026
Kevin Giraud, Variety, 24 Apr. 2026
Since most cruise lines allow passengers to board up to several hours before sail-out, your first day onboard can be spent exploring the ship, rather than in a chaotic scramble to get there.
—Elizabeth Heath, Travel + Leisure, 24 Apr. 2026
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Height was player 45 on my big board.
—Dieter Kurtenbach, Mercury News, 25 Apr. 2026
From there, the committee is expected to present their selection to a closed session of the Amtrak board in May.
—Evan Simko-Bednarski, New York Daily News, 25 Apr. 2026
Verb
But Elly Vervloet and her team believed very early in this surrealist pitch as well, and boarded the project in the development phase.
—Kevin Giraud, Variety, 24 Apr. 2026
Since most cruise lines allow passengers to board up to several hours before sail-out, your first day onboard can be spent exploring the ship, rather than in a chaotic scramble to get there.
—Elizabeth Heath, Travel + Leisure, 24 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for board
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Even better, EcoSet’s Materials Oasis provides a wide array of supplies free of charge to non-profits like schools and other organizations that can make use of cast-off sets, furniture, art supplies and assorted props.—
Pat Saperstein,
Variety,
22 Apr. 2026
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The cable network formerly known as MSNBC announced Wednesday that Thomas will lead the organization’s political unit and direct coverage of campaigns and elections.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
22 Apr. 2026
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The steward poured the wine, then went to the man’s table, who stood to receive our toast.—
Judith Martin,
Mercury News,
24 Apr. 2026
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But the price Crystal Palace demand may be too high for United, with chairman Steve Parish a hard person to sit across the table from for directors at buying clubs.—
Laurie Whitwell,
New York Times,
23 Apr. 2026
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The chefs then get three hours, starting now, to put their own spin on that dessert and create 60 portions to feed to Top Chef fans converging to celebrate the series’ 20 years on the air.—
Roxana Hadadi,
Vulture,
21 Apr. 2026
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One visitor was given a citation for feeding a mother bear and her two cubs.—
Emily Mae Czachor,
CBS News,
21 Apr. 2026
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Thousands of photographs and historical documents are stored in archives and the collections section of the museum houses an assortment of memorabilia.—
Linda Mcintosh,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
26 Apr. 2026
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Plus, through the larger project, Mutual Ground is looking to add a new building on campus to house its outpatient services.—
R. Christian Smith,
Chicago Tribune,
26 Apr. 2026
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But its primary association in the public consciousness since the nineteen-eighties is with the criminal underworld, particularly the drug cartels.—
Chris Wiley,
New Yorker,
28 Apr. 2026
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New research is suggesting a strong association between mouth bacteria and gastric cancer.—
Angelica Stabile,
FOXNews.com,
27 Apr. 2026
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The press corps is well provisioned for long negotiations.—
Dalia Abdelwahab,
CNN Money,
11 Apr. 2026
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Grasslands, especially those in humid areas with good soil, provision their local food webs as richly as do forests.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
25 Mar. 2026
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That leaves room for debate about what really happened.—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
26 Apr. 2026
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Imagine going on the road and not being able to stay in the same place as your co-workers, but being forced to room with someone across town.—
Assistant Sports Editor,
Los Angeles Times,
15 Apr. 2026
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It's based on Fraunhofer's own MorphoColor coating technology, which a team from the institute presented in a paper that appeared in IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics back in 2021.—
Abhimanyu Ghoshal,
New Atlas,
24 Apr. 2026
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The novel approach builds on the institute’s MorphoColor technology, a bio-inspired coating for solar panels.—
Georgina Jedikovska,
Interesting Engineering,
23 Apr. 2026
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“Board.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/board. Accessed 28 Apr. 2026.
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