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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Currently, Trump is threatening a 10% across-the-board tariff on Chinese goods imported to the US and 25% tariffs on Mexican and Canadian goods, come February 1.
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Elisabeth Buchwald, CNN, 22 Jan. 2025
While it’s been no secret that Trump plans on implementing across-the-board duties on U.S. trading partners, the timing and extent has been in question.
—Jeff Cox, CNBC, 21 Jan. 2025
One case in point: After across-the-board top exec layoffs and departures, effective from December, how will Televisa-Univisión streaming service ViX handle acquisitions?
—John Hopewell, Variety, 20 Jan. 2025
There will be a lively internal debate in the new administration whether this talk will be taken seriously or literally, with sweeping, across-the-board tariffs risking self-sabotaging economic dislocation.
—The Editors, National Review, 20 Jan. 2025
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Elisabeth Buchwald, CNN, 22 Jan. 2025
While it’s been no secret that Trump plans on implementing across-the-board duties on U.S. trading partners, the timing and extent has been in question.
—Jeff Cox, CNBC, 21 Jan. 2025
One case in point: After across-the-board top exec layoffs and departures, effective from December, how will Televisa-Univisión streaming service ViX handle acquisitions?
—John Hopewell, Variety, 20 Jan. 2025
There will be a lively internal debate in the new administration whether this talk will be taken seriously or literally, with sweeping, across-the-board tariffs risking self-sabotaging economic dislocation.
—The Editors, National Review, 20 Jan. 2025
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“Across-the-board.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/across-the-board. Accessed 29 Jan. 2025.
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