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
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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Courtenay Brown Updated Feb 2, 2025 - Business Trump tariffs begin, with levies on Canada, Mexico, China
President Trump on Saturday imposed across-the-board tariffs on North American allies and China, which sparked immediate retaliation against domestic manufacturers.
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Courtenay Brown, Axios, 27 Feb. 2025
The House bill also seeks $2 trillion in across-the-board cuts to federal spending over 10 years to fund other aspects of Trump's agenda, such as tax cuts.
—Hugh Cameron, Newsweek, 26 Feb. 2025
The university has proposed a 5% across-the-board pay increase beginning July 1 and 3% wage increases in the second and third years of the contract.
—Suhauna Hussain, Los Angeles Times, 26 Feb. 2025
This being Marvel, of course, Hollywood observers (including me) are all but obliged to financially and culturally split hairs — to analyze Brave New World’s success as perhaps something less than a hands-down, across-the-board box-office triumph.
—Chris Lee, Vulture, 24 Feb. 2025
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Courtenay Brown, Axios, 27 Feb. 2025
The House bill also seeks $2 trillion in across-the-board cuts to federal spending over 10 years to fund other aspects of Trump's agenda, such as tax cuts.
—Hugh Cameron, Newsweek, 26 Feb. 2025
The university has proposed a 5% across-the-board pay increase beginning July 1 and 3% wage increases in the second and third years of the contract.
—Suhauna Hussain, Los Angeles Times, 26 Feb. 2025
This being Marvel, of course, Hollywood observers (including me) are all but obliged to financially and culturally split hairs — to analyze Brave New World’s success as perhaps something less than a hands-down, across-the-board box-office triumph.
—Chris Lee, Vulture, 24 Feb. 2025
See All Example Sentences for across-the-board
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“Across-the-board.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/across-the-board. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.
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