How to Use across-the-board in a Sentence

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  • The former president defended his call for across-the-board tariffs, while berating his questioner.
    Dominic Patten, Deadline, 15 Oct. 2024
  • An across-the-board tariff would be a radical departure from current economic policy.
    Laurent Belsie, The Christian Science Monitor, 4 Oct. 2024
  • Social Security cuts would be 33 percent across-the-board much larger than 23 percent than what is predicted now.
    Teresa Ghilarducci, Forbes, 21 Oct. 2024
  • If Congress doesn’t move to fix the situation by that date, the general expectation is that millions of retirees could see a 21% across-the-board benefit cut.
    Lorie Konish, CNBC, 22 Oct. 2024
  • Few projects got as much across-the-board love as theirs.
    Chris Willman, Variety, 12 Oct. 2023
  • None had the across-the-board significance of Ohtani’s.
    Jack Magruder, Forbes, 20 Sep. 2024
  • The union achieved many of its goals, including across-the-board pay raises.
    Chris Isidore, CNN, 10 Oct. 2023
  • There is little debate that across-the-board tariffs would raise prices.
    Glenn Kessler, Washington Post, 10 July 2024
  • The bill would set an across-the-board maximum annual 36% rate.
    Jim Saunders, Orlando Sentinel, 12 Apr. 2023
  • Woodford had given a $1 per hour, across-the-board wage increase earlier in the year.
    Bruce Schreiner, Fortune, 10 Apr. 2024
  • 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
  • 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
  • Trump has floated a 10% across-the-board tariff on all U.S. imports, as well as a 60% tax on products from China.
    Aimee Picchi, CBS News, 19 July 2024
  • Do nothing and see a 23% across-the-board cut in retirement benefits?
    Baltimore Sun Editorial Board, Baltimore Sun, 15 Mar. 2024
  • 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
  • But he’s also called for across-the-board tariffs, something that many economists say will be passed on to consumers.
    Ted Johnson, Deadline, 25 Sep. 2024
  • 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
  • The statistics, certainly, paint an almost across-the-board picture of a business in good health.
    Mark Sutherland, Variety, 21 Mar. 2024
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • Harris has focused on bringing down costs of specific items or sectors rather than across-the-board prices.
    Ramsey Touchberry, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 7 Sep. 2024
  • But the proposal would also prevent schools from enacting across-the-board bans.
    Ava Sasani, New York Times, 6 Apr. 2023
  • Quit trying to pick winners and losers and start advocating for across-the-board increases.
    Lauren Lumpkin, Washington Post, 19 Feb. 2023
  • Trump is already talking about across-the-board tariffs on imports if he is reelected.
    Loren Thompson, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2023
  • 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
  • The Pacific Island nations are hardly across-the-board sports powers.
    Victor Mather, New York Times, 19 Sep. 2023
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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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