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across-the-board
adjective as in broad in scope
adverb as in without exception
Strong match
Example Sentences
Yang said across-the-board tariffs would stifle his business, but even tariffs limited to China will hurt.
Trump paused high tariffs on other countries earlier this week, but others remain in place, including a 10% across-the-board tariff and a 25% tariff on imported steel, aluminum and vehicles.
The 90-day pause on the higher "retaliatory" tariffs levied on dozens of countries still leaves a universal across-the-board tariff of 10% in place.
Anticipating broad, across-the-board reductions in government funding, potential increased taxes on endowments, and a decline in international student enrollment under the Trump administration, campuses have also instituted across-the-board hiring freezes.
On the campaign trail last year, Trump backed a 10% across-the-board tariff on all imports coming into the US, sometimes suggesting that could be 20% - even 60% on imports from China.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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