across-the-board, adj.
broad in scope or content
<adj.all> (a) freq. cnt.: 27 freq. cnt.: 12 freq. cnt.: 12 freq. cnt.: 3
across-the-board all-embracing all-encompassing all-inclusive blanket broad encompassing extensive panoptic wide
sample sentences
"across-the-board pay increases""an all-embracing definition"
"blanket sanctions against human-rights violators"
"an invention with broad applications"
"a panoptic study of Soviet nationality"- T.G.Winner
"granted him wide powers"
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