on board
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: aboard
2
: in support of a particular objective
needed to get more senators on board for the bill to pass
: carried within or occurring aboard a vehicle (such as a satellite or an automobile)
an onboard computer
onboard recorders
Examples of on board in a Sentence
Adjective
The car comes with an onboard computer.
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The 808, by contrast, had an onboard computer, allowing musicians to program their own sounds and percussion patterns.
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While much of the onboard experience is included with a sailing’s starting price, other amenities and experiences cost extra.
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Adjective
The onboard toilet is perhaps the spaceflight amenity held most dear to astronauts who value creature comforts.
—Jackie Wattles, CNN Money, 4 Apr. 2026
The 808, by contrast, had an onboard computer, allowing musicians to program their own sounds and percussion patterns.
—Joshua Rothman, New Yorker, 3 Apr. 2026
While much of the onboard experience is included with a sailing’s starting price, other amenities and experiences cost extra.
—Nathan Diller, USA Today, 3 Apr. 2026
Drones can now navigate without GPS or cameras using a new artificial intelligence framework that relies only on onboard sensors.
—Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 3 Apr. 2026
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“On board.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/on%20board. Accessed 8 Apr. 2026.
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