across the board
1 of 2phrase
: so as to include or affect all classes or categories
cut spending across the board
also
: in all areas or respects
considered an average player across the board
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
Examples of across the board in a Sentence
Adjective
an across-the-board reduction in the state's budget because of declining revenues
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Sinners topped the Critics Choice Awards shortlists with a whopping 13 mentions and is the only film to be named on all 11 of the lists, earning across-the-board recognition in every category.
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Adjective
As an awards body, AFI delivers across-the-board recognition for artists both in front of and behind the camera as reflected in the scope of the productions singled out for 2025.
—Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 4 Dec. 2025
Hertzog included an image displaying feeder cattle futures and showing across-the-board declines in contract prices for young cattle.
—Hugh Cameron, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 Nov. 2025
Spitznagle said that across-the-board approach prevents users from switching products instead of quitting or pulling back.
—Leslie Bonilla Muñiz, IndyStar, 25 Nov. 2025
Sinners topped the Critics Choice Awards shortlists with a whopping 13 mentions and is the only film to be named on all 11 of the lists, earning across-the-board recognition in every category.
—Pete Hammond, Deadline, 24 Nov. 2025
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“Across the board.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/across%20the%20board. Accessed 18 Dec. 2025.
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