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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
Zac Ntim, Deadline, 3 Oct. 2025
The statement indicates Coulter wants the county board of commissioners to take up the ideas immediately and vote on something before the end of the year.
—Dave Boucher, Freep.com, 3 Oct. 2025
Bonny Chu, FOXNews.com, 2 Oct. 2025
The stadium is only nine miles away, but the local authorities told Liverpool that boarding the buses was the only way that away supporters could get into Rams Park.
—James Pearce, New York Times, 2 Oct. 2025
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Noun
The second new addition, Scarlet Girls, is directed and produced by Paula Cury, with Samuel DiDonato also producing, and Natalia Imaz and Omar Lara on board as co-producers.
—Zac Ntim, Deadline, 3 Oct. 2025
The statement indicates Coulter wants the county board of commissioners to take up the ideas immediately and vote on something before the end of the year.
—Dave Boucher, Freep.com, 3 Oct. 2025
Verb
Photos and surveillance footage captured the moment Israeli soldiers in helmets and night vision goggles boarded the flotilla.
—Bonny Chu, FOXNews.com, 2 Oct. 2025
The stadium is only nine miles away, but the local authorities told Liverpool that boarding the buses was the only way that away supporters could get into Rams Park.
—James Pearce, New York Times, 2 Oct. 2025
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No government organization will contact someone via text message to pay a bill or ask for payments through a Bitcoin ATM.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
4 Oct. 2025
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For some Obamacare beneficiaries, premiums are expected to more than double, according to the Kaiser Family Foundation (aka KFF), a nonprofit health care research organization.—
Todd Spangler,
Freep.com,
4 Oct. 2025
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As of February 2024, the North Seattle plan was formally off the table.—
Ashley Hiruko,
ProPublica,
6 Oct. 2025
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The away supporters at Molineux did not have much else to shout about until the Dutch central defender’s 86th-minute header rescued a 1-1 draw against Wolverhampton Wanderers, who remain winless at the foot of the table.—
Andy Naylor,
New York Times,
6 Oct. 2025
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Whitmer and State Superintendent Michael Rice urged districts to keep feeding every child, promising funding would soon be secured in the next budget.—
Clara Hendrickson,
Freep.com,
3 Oct. 2025
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Add in your favorite ground beef and feed the entire family.—
Craig Shoup,
Nashville Tennessean,
3 Oct. 2025
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The Tang Wing, a collaboration with the architecture firm Beyer Blinder Belle, will also house rotating special exhibitions, requiring blank canvases of sorts.—
Jacqui Palumbo,
CNN Money,
8 Oct. 2025
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The team performed the measurements using the JYFLTRAP double-Penning trap, which is a world-class instrument housed in the university’s accelerator laboratory.—
Georgina Jedikovska,
Interesting Engineering,
8 Oct. 2025
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The company operates these systems under contract with law enforcement agencies, neighborhood associations, and private property owners.—
Wren Smetana,
AZCentral.com,
5 Oct. 2025
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The players’ association and the WNBA agreed to an eight-year agreement in 2020, but the WNBPA voted last eyar to opt out of the agreement early.—
Jackson Thompson,
FOXNews.com,
5 Oct. 2025
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Inside, the wasp provisions its offspring with paralyzed spiders or insects.—
Melissa Fleur Afshar,
MSNBC Newsweek,
24 Sep. 2025
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Enabling Zero Trust authentication, access and authorization for agents requires rethinking how identity is modeled, provisioned and governed across the full life cycle.—
Eric Olden,
Forbes.com,
18 Sep. 2025
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The story of the two stars rooming together made headlines back in 2013 when the reality star appeared on Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen.—
Moná Thomas,
PEOPLE,
7 Oct. 2025
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Unlike actual candles, flameless candles can be handled and easily transported from room to room without running the risk of burning your hands or fingers.—
BestReviews,
Mercury News,
30 Sep. 2025
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In Idaho, a 55-year-old earning about $63,000 per year will see annual premium costs rise by an average of nearly $4,000, according to the Center for American Progress, a nonpartisan progressive policy institute.—
Sarah Cutler,
Idaho Statesman,
7 Oct. 2025
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There are economic considerations including freight costs, the cargo transported and how quickly it’s needed, said Klaus Dodds, a geopolitical analyst and senior research fellow at RAND Europe, a research institute.—
Laura Paddison,
CNN Money,
3 Oct. 2025
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“Board.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/board. Accessed 9 Oct. 2025.
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