How to Use across-the-board in a Sentence
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But Trump is also proposing across-the-board tariffs on all imports, a plan that would effectively act as a sales tax on American consumers.
— Aimee Picchi, CBS News, 5 Nov. 2024 -
The economic concern is that the new president will slap across-the-board tariffs on the EU, for which America is its main export market.
— Ned Temko, The Christian Science Monitor, 14 Nov. 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 -
But that will be hard to do when Mr. Trump is threatening across-the-board 10% to 20% tariffs on all imports, including those from Europe.
— Laurent Belsie, The Christian Science Monitor, 30 Oct. 2024 -
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 -
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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