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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
Skyler Swisher, Orlando Sentinel, 16 Dec. 2024
Honeywell — The industry giant saw shares rising 3% in premarket trading after the company said its board is exploring the possibility of separating its aerospace division.
—Hakyung Kim, CNBC, 16 Dec. 2024
Glynis Kazanjian, Baltimore Sun, 16 Dec. 2024
TVLine has learned that Jennifer Morrison (Once Upon a Time), Stephen Moyer (True Blood), David Lyons (Revolution), Genesis Rodriguez (Lioness) and child actor Callum Vinson (Chucky) all have boarded The Night Agent‘s Season 3 cast.
—Matt Webb Mitovich, TVLine, 13 Dec. 2024
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Sasso also advocated for Gilzean to be hired as the Disney district administrator during his brief stint on its five-member board of supervisors.
—Skyler Swisher, Orlando Sentinel, 16 Dec. 2024
Honeywell — The industry giant saw shares rising 3% in premarket trading after the company said its board is exploring the possibility of separating its aerospace division.
—Hakyung Kim, CNBC, 16 Dec. 2024
Verb
Rectangular, black openings where windows and doors had once been were waiting to be boarded up.
—Glynis Kazanjian, Baltimore Sun, 16 Dec. 2024
TVLine has learned that Jennifer Morrison (Once Upon a Time), Stephen Moyer (True Blood), David Lyons (Revolution), Genesis Rodriguez (Lioness) and child actor Callum Vinson (Chucky) all have boarded The Night Agent‘s Season 3 cast.
—Matt Webb Mitovich, TVLine, 13 Dec. 2024
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Since canines’ role in improving the well-being of individuals became evident, many organizations entered the market, offering professional training services tailored to specific needs.Ethan Stone, USA TODAY, 13 Dec. 2024
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O’Donnell’s story reminded me of the insidious way in which an organization’s culture and purpose can shift.Dhruv Khullar, The New Yorker, 12 Dec. 2024
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In the culinary world, that spirit reveals itself in simple ingredients turning into delicious symphonies inclusive to this Eastern European land, igniting the nation’s residents, the Polish diaspora, and those keen to discover new, authentic tastes to unite over the Alexandra Foods dining table.Hilary Tetenbaum, USA TODAY, 11 Dec. 2024
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The Ghost actress' hookup remarks were part of a larger conversation at Tuesday's Hot Topics table about a recent Atlantic article that claimed many men and women have given up on finding love in recent years.Emlyn Travis, EW.com, 10 Dec. 2024
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Jimin’s solo smash is also back on one more Billboard ranking, which feeds into where a song lands on the Hot 100.Hugh McIntyre, Forbes, 14 Dec. 2024
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The new data suggests that Io’s numerous volcanoes are each likely powered by their own chamber of hot magma, rather than being fed by a global ocean of magma beneath the surface.Ashley Strickland, CNN, 13 Dec. 2024
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In the United States, a trend of consolidation in agriculture, particularly dairies, has seen more animals housed together on ever-larger farms as the number of small farms has rapidly shrunk.Simon Hill, WIRED, 14 Dec. 2024
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Drones have also flown near sensitive U.S. military sites across the country and even at bases housing American troops in the United Kingdom.Brad Dress, The Hill, 13 Dec. 2024
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Tensions are running high — a recent homeowners association meeting devolved into shouting and the police had to be called to calm things down.Natalia Jaramillo, Orlando Sentinel, 15 Dec. 2024
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Studies published in 1999, 2002 and 2019, among others ‒ including hundreds of thousands of children, some of whom received the MMR vaccine and some of whom didn't ‒ found no association between vaccination and the development of autism.Eduardo Cuevas, USA TODAY, 14 Dec. 2024
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Another night, at Ampersand Estates, outside Pemberton, my farmhouse was provisioned with a hamper fit for a king’s picnic.Kevin West, Travel + Leisure, 24 Nov. 2024
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Operational Optimization: Operational optimizations can be harder to achieve in private and hybrid clouds, with different provisioning environments.Nicola Sfondrini, Forbes, 28 Oct. 2024
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Move from room to room with ease, and get up every bit of dust and debris with its powerful suction and lightweight design.Shea Simmons, People.com, 30 Nov. 2024
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Aleksandr Zimin roomed with Gladkov in college, with an actual bunkbed in their dorm.Joseph Howlett, WIRED, 24 Nov. 2024
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In 2021, the institute found that three North Carolina counties were among the 10 U.S. counties whose residents held the most medical debt.Gretchen Morgenson, NBC News, 13 Dec. 2024
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The institute was started by Jennifer Doudna, who shared a Nobel Prize for helping discover CRISPR.Rob Stein, NPR, 13 Dec. 2024
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“Board.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/board. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.
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