across-the-board

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adjective

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"- T.G.Winner
- granted him wide powers
• Syn:
all-embracing, all-encompassing, all-inclusive, blanket, broad,
encompassing, extensive, panoptic, wide
• Similar to:
comprehensive
• Derivationally related forms:
wideness (for: wide), extensiveness (for: extensive)