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board

[bawrd] / bɔrd /
NOUN
piece of wood
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VERB
provide food and sleeping quarters
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STRONGEST
WEAK


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There were 24 Indian crewmen on board of which 21 were rescued.

From BBC • Jun. 11, 2026

He joined the board in 1984, already a leading candidate to become chief executive, and was made president and heir-apparent after three years.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 10, 2026

Or Sheryl Sandberg, whose Lean In Foundation now hawks AI to women; in March, Sandberg joined the board of directors of Nscale, a British data-center startup.

From Salon • Jun. 10, 2026

Many of those on board during the 9 April crossing were not wearing life jackets.

From BBC • Jun. 10, 2026

You’d recite or sing a song or work an arithmetic problem on the board – anything to show how you could speak up in public.

From "The Teacher’s Funeral" by Richard Peck




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