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
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Public safety: The Department of Public Safety got a $13.3 million boost to its budget, one of the very few agencies spared from the across-the-board mandate to trim spending by 4.5%.
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Mary Jo Pitzl, The Arizona Republic, 18 June 2024
In contrast, Republican voters chose across-the-board negative characteristics to describe Democratic voters.
—Stephen Neely, Sun Sentinel, 17 June 2024
East Asia’s population implosion, however, will not count as an across-the-board win for Washington.
—Nicholas Eberstadt, Foreign Affairs, 8 May 2024
Disney’s across-the-board strategy of ordering up more series and films to feed its streaming business cut into the quality of its titles at Pixar and other studios, including Lucasfilm and Marvel, said Stephen Galloway, dean of Chapman University’s Dodge College of Film and Media Arts.
—Samantha Masunaga, Los Angeles Times, 21 May 2024
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Mary Jo Pitzl, The Arizona Republic, 18 June 2024
In contrast, Republican voters chose across-the-board negative characteristics to describe Democratic voters.
—Stephen Neely, Sun Sentinel, 17 June 2024
East Asia’s population implosion, however, will not count as an across-the-board win for Washington.
—Nicholas Eberstadt, Foreign Affairs, 8 May 2024
Disney’s across-the-board strategy of ordering up more series and films to feed its streaming business cut into the quality of its titles at Pixar and other studios, including Lucasfilm and Marvel, said Stephen Galloway, dean of Chapman University’s Dodge College of Film and Media Arts.
—Samantha Masunaga, Los Angeles Times, 21 May 2024
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“Across-the-board.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/across-the-board. Accessed 2 Jul. 2024.
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