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across the board

Definition

affecting everyone or every part of something: Jobs are likely to be lost across the board. → See also bulletin board → See also diving board → See also drawing board → See also full board → See also half board → See also ironing board
(Definition of across the board from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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