across-the-board
Collocations
4ADJ.
cost-cutting, major
VERB + ACROSS-THE-BOARD
demands, made
ACROSS-THE-BOARD + NOUN
operator, tariffs
ADV.
recently
Definitions
adj
wide or comprehensive in scope or applicability.
They recently made across-the-board changes to the benefits package.
Added to these woes was the Treasury's demands for across-the-board train operator cost-cutting of broadly 10%. Passenger rail's slow, patchy and fragile recovery had the stuffing knocked out of it once more.
Aired at the same time daily (or at least on Mondays to Fridays).
ABC-TV this week put into effect its long anticipated plans to move into daytime programming in a bigger way by opening up its 4-5 across-the-board strip. The web is using its "Mickey Mouse Club," which is stoutly anchored in the 5-6 p.m. slot, as a backing up point for its afternoon expansion.
Thesaurus
Synonyms
adjective — broad in scope or content
- all-embracing
- all-encompassing
- all-inclusive
- broad
- encompassing
- extensive
- panoptic
Antonyms
Idioms & Phrases
Example Bank
3They recently made across-the-board changes to the benefits package.
WiktionaryAdded to these woes was the Treasury's demands for across-the-board train operator cost-cutting of broadly 10%. Passenger rail's slow, patchy and fragile recovery had the stuffing knocked out of it on
WiktionaryFormer President Donald Trump and Republican vice presidential nominee Sen. JD Vance continue to falsely describe how one of their major policy proposals, across-the-board tariffs, would work.
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