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across-the-board

adverb as in without exception

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All three have espoused unorthodox economic views, such as across-the-board tariffs that critics say would start trade wars and hurt American workers.

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He has vowed, at various points, to impose an across-the-board tax of 10% or 20% on all goods entering the U.S.

Not since the Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act of 1930, which by the consensus of historians and economists exacerbated the Great Depression, has a presidential aspirant proposed such high across-the-board tariffs on imports as Trump does.

Schiff said he doesn’t support Trump’s “across-the-board tariffs,” which he said would lead to higher prices for consumers.

Likewise, many claim he won’t actually impose massive, across-the-board tariffs or prosecute his political enemies in pursuit of “retribution.”

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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