How to Use across-the-board in a Sentence
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There is little debate that across-the-board tariffs would raise prices.
—Glenn Kessler, Washington Post, 10 July 2024
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But the across-the-board tariffs reduce the appeal of that approach, and rerouting supply chains takes time and involves higher costs.
—Neil Irwin, Axios, 9 July 2024
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Few projects got as much across-the-board love as theirs.
—Chris Willman, Variety, 12 Oct. 2023
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The union achieved many of its goals, including across-the-board pay raises.
—Chris Isidore, CNN, 10 Oct. 2023
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The bill would set an across-the-board maximum annual 36% rate.
—Jim Saunders, Orlando Sentinel, 12 Apr. 2023
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Woodford had given a $1 per hour, across-the-board wage increase earlier in the year.
—Bruce Schreiner, Fortune, 10 Apr. 2024
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Live television viewership has declined across-the-board over the past few years, with pro football one of the few events to buck the trend.
—Mark Kennedy, USA TODAY, 6 Feb. 2024
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Under the terms of the debt ceiling law, that could trigger a 1% across-the-board cut to defense and nondefense funding.
—Samantha-Jo Roth, Washington Examiner, 29 Nov. 2023
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Do nothing and see a 23% across-the-board cut in retirement benefits?
—Baltimore Sun Editorial Board, Baltimore Sun, 15 Mar. 2024
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The clock speed bumps provide a small across-the-board performance uplift, and the impact of the extra RAM becomes apparent in a few of our tests.
—Andrew Cunningham, Ars Technica, 24 Jan. 2024
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The statistics, certainly, paint an almost across-the-board picture of a business in good health.
—Mark Sutherland, Variety, 21 Mar. 2024
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Peep a few of the best sparkling water brands, below: And though sparkling water may seem like an across-the-board healthy option, not all brands are created equal.
—Sarah Felbin, womenshealthmag.com, 26 May 2023
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In past budget crises, Petek wrote, the state made across-the-board cuts to per-pupil allocations (the amount the state spends per student) and deferred payments.
—Jenavieve Hatch, Sacramento Bee, 6 Mar. 2024
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But Davis said across-the-board cuts don’t necessarily provide relief to those most in need.
—Tribune News Service, Hartford Courant, 10 Jan. 2024
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But the proposal would also prevent schools from enacting across-the-board bans.
—Ava Sasani, New York Times, 6 Apr. 2023
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Quit trying to pick winners and losers and start advocating for across-the-board increases.
—Lauren Lumpkin, Washington Post, 19 Feb. 2023
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Trump is already talking about across-the-board tariffs on imports if he is reelected.
—Loren Thompson, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2023
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Local 99 has reached an impasse with the district in months-long negotiations for an across-the-board 30% raise and more for the lowest earners.
—Howard Blume, Los Angeles Times, 11 Mar. 2023
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The Pacific Island nations are hardly across-the-board sports powers.
—Victor Mather, New York Times, 19 Sep. 2023
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Bruins junior guard Lazar Stefanovic added 11 points, four rebounds and four steals in another strong across-the-board showing.
—Ben Bolch, Los Angeles Times, 11 Nov. 2023
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Then came an attempt to give the appropriations process teeth by setting an April deadline to pass the full-year spending bills or impose across-the-board cuts.
—Kaia Hubbard, CBS News, 11 Apr. 2024
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With a smirk and swag, Blunt may finally be able to snag her first nom for supporting actress, especially in a film that is an across-the-board contender.
—Clayton Davis, Variety, 20 July 2023
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The district last year had implemented a 3% pay bump for each year that teachers stay in the district, which comes on top of any across-the-board inflationary increase.
—Rory Linnane, Journal Sentinel, 14 June 2023
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The union is also asking for a 12% across-the-board pay increase for the current academic year; CSU has offered a 5% raise in each of the next three years, with the last two years dependent on state funding.
—Debbie Truong, Los Angeles Times, 22 Dec. 2023
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Some observers have suggested that the tariffs are an attempt to get ahead of Donald Trump, who has expressed support for an across-the-board levy of 60% or more on all Chinese goods.
—Anna Gordon, TIME, 14 May 2024
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The second request is meant to minimize the risk of a 1%, across-the-board cut Biden agreed to that takes effect if even a single appropriations bill doesn't pass Congress.
—David Sivak, Washington Examiner, 1 June 2023
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Regardless, lawmakers from both chambers will have to return to the negotiating table in the new year to avoid the across-the-board budget cuts in the debt limit deal.
—Jeff Stein, Washington Post, 7 Nov. 2023
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The deal with Local 99 is not an across-the-board increase but spread out over time and also affected by length of service and current salary — so that some workers will receive less than 30% and some more.
—Howard Blume, Los Angeles Times, 24 Mar. 2023
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At the same time, gaps do remain between the union’s demands and what the companies are offering, especially in terms of across-the-board pay increases.
—Marick Masters, Fortune, 8 Oct. 2023
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The supervisor’s son Klaus (Theo Dahl) is insecure about his across-the-board Bs, fretting that mediocre grades will steer him into the life of an underachiever.
—David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 19 Feb. 2024
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