ACROSS-THE-BOARD

• (adj.) broad in scope or content

  "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", "granted him wide powers"

  synonyms : panoptic , extensive , encompassing , broad , blanket , all-inclusive , all-encompassing , all-embracing , wide

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