ACROSS THE BOARD Synonyms: 87 Similar and Opposite Words

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ə-ˈkrȯs-ṯẖə-ˈbȯrd

Definition of across-the-board

as in general

belonging or relating to the whole an across-the-board reduction in the state's budget because of declining revenues

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phrase

as in overall

with everyone or everything taken into account at the same time The Oscar-nominated film received a positive reception across the board.

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The state budget, approved in June, imposed the across-the-board limit for the next three years in a bid to stabilize state revenues. — Gene Maddaus, Variety, 18 Aug. 2026 If the trust fund that supplements incoming payroll taxes to pay monthly Social Security benefits is depleted, recipients would face an immediate across-the-board 22% benefits cut, the latest Board of Trustees report on Social Security said. — Medora Lee, USA Today, 18 Aug. 2026

Phrase

In a three-month experiment with patent lawyers, AI improved draft quality across the board. — Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 10 Oct. 2026 Consumers Energy began the process in April to raise electricity rates by about $456 million per year across the board. — Paula Wethington, CBS News, 7 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for across-the-board

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There’s a distinction between general reasoning models, like LLMs, and the specialized AI biofoundation models like protein language models and protein structure prediction.

— Adam Kovac, Scientific American, 14 Oct. 2026
Prior to this, Asian artists largely had to compete in the best global music performance category or the broader general pop fields.

— Jeff Benjamin, Billboard, 13 Oct. 2026

Definition of general

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Avoiding it in the first place makes far more sense, even if the K3's additional hardware and energy requirements complicate the question of its overall environmental footprint.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 17 Oct. 2026
The overall bargain, however, laid the foundation for what has become a highly successful deterrence, reassurance, and nonproliferation regime.

— Ivo H. Daalder, Foreign Affairs, 16 Oct. 2026

Definition of overall

Adjective

The platform has heard its users’ complaints about lengthy, generic missives never touched by human hands loud and clear.

— Clare Duffy, CNN Money, 18 Oct. 2026
Double haters, those who are unfavorable toward both parties, who make up about 2 in 10 voters, favor the Democratic candidate over the Republican candidate in the generic ballot by 26 percentage points, 58% to 32%.

— ABC News, ABC News, 18 Oct. 2026

Definition of generic

Adjective

The program could also be targeted rather than universal — triggered by sector-specific unemployment spikes, income level, or geography, so the money flows first to the workers AI disrupts most.

— Sarah Cannon, Fortune, 18 Oct. 2026
One of the highlights of their initiatives was published in 2004, Character Strengths and Virtues, a groundbreaking text on the 24 universal character strengths.

— Joan M. Cook, Time, 17 Oct. 2026

Definition of universal

Adjective

The researchers grew the common research plant Arabidopsis thaliana in containers, some of which were dotted with patches of rotting apple.

— Joanna Thompson, Scientific American, 17 Oct. 2026
CoreMotion is intended to address this integration challenge by providing a common control layer between autonomy software and vehicle hardware.

— Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 17 Oct. 2026

Definition of common

Adjective

By contrast, long-term investing remains focused on owning productive assets, participating in economic growth and aligning investment decisions with broader financial objectives.

— Aneri Jambusaria, Fortune, 18 Oct. 2026
Instead, Hugo says the case encompasses a much broader body of work stemming from compositions the two created during nearly 50 studio sessions between 2019 and 2021.

— Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 17 Oct. 2026

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