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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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This week marks the first meeting where other members of the board will push back, economists said.

From MarketWatch Jul. 25, 2026

An avid player of the ancient board game Go, the 37-year-old was also honored for research that laid the foundations for this breakthrough.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 24, 2026

This rises to 257 when considering other migration-related deaths in the area, such as accidents involving people trying to board lorries bound for the UK, it added.

From BBC Jul. 24, 2026

Labour representatives and the German state of Lower Saxony, who both take a dim view of plant closures, together hold more than half the seats on the supervisory board.

From Barron's Jul. 24, 2026

I’m reminded of those perfect Saturday afternoons when Dad would bake his famous madeleines and Mom would stop working to play board games with me and Andre at the kitchen table.

From "South of Somewhere" by Kalena Miller

Compare the posted salary range with similar jobs on Indeed, Glassdoor and message boards like Reddit to see what is reasonable for the title, industry and location.

From MarketWatch Jul. 22, 2026

Under Australian law, employers and unions appoint directors to ISF trustee boards under what is called the equal representation model.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 21, 2026

In response, Hugo Boss’s managing supervisory boards unanimously recommended that shareholders reject the offer, saying the bid didn’t adequately value its standalone prospects and seemed designed to enable Frasers to increase its shareholding beyond 30%.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 21, 2026

For a couple of moments, Negrete scanned the stadium seriously, but then he looked up to see himself and McKennie on the SoFi Stadium video boards.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 19, 2026

The eight tables, with chess sets and boards, were at the ready for the players.

From "Endgame" by Frank Brady

The 25-year-old boarded a boat bound for Malaysia in April, part of a wave of Rohingya refugees attempting dangerous sea crossings that led to a record number of deaths in 2025.

From Barron's Jul. 21, 2026

He boarded the train at Manchester Piccadilly in his trademark dark T-shirt, trousers and Adidas trainers only to emerge, more than two hours later, at London Euston in a suit.

From BBC Jul. 19, 2026

There was no reason to expect his form to dry up the moment he boarded a flight across the Atlantic.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 14, 2026

The first time he played there with the Angels, Millville basically closed down for the night, and just about everyone in town boarded a bus to the game.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 10, 2026

When we boarded the train back to Chicago that evening, I was still walking on air.

From "The Detective's Assistant" by Kate Hannigan

The boarding school for boys is also close to where the Wales family live on the Windsor estate.

From BBC Jul. 22, 2026

Centcom released photos of Marines boarding and searching a commercial ship Thursday.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 16, 2026

My bags were carried up the stairs and my boarding pass was delivered to my seat in the salon.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 15, 2026

To boot, prosecutors said, the captain also “reported receiving what he believed were radio calls from the cartel attempting to hail the Aquatravesia prior to a boarding or takeover.”

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 14, 2026

Wallangarra was the fourteenth different boarding school he’d visited in the three days since he’d landed, and they were all beginning to blur together.

From "City Spies" by James Ponti




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