as in honest
straightforward in manner
The committee tried to be fair and aboveboard in its hiring. an aboveboard and responsible proposal
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Recent Examples of aboveboard
None of this is technically aboveboard, but these dirty little cheaters are the entire heart and soul of this show right now.
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Kathleen Walsh,
Vulture,
20 Jan. 2026
Spending cuts should be made in an aboveboard way, however, not by tripping up Americans with bureaucratic landmines.
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Chicago Tribune,
Twin Cities,
26 Dec. 2025
This is handy because the AI will not hold back if the therapist insists that the AI be aboveboard and blunt.
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Lance Eliot,
Forbes.com,
19 Sep. 2025
This means that when AI gives you an answer that the AI portrays for example as fully aboveboard and hunky-dory, the reality is that the response is bound to be a lot shakier than you are being led to believe.
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Lance Eliot,
Forbes,
5 Nov. 2024
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Kathleen Walsh,
Vulture,
20 Jan. 2026
Spending cuts should be made in an aboveboard way, however, not by tripping up Americans with bureaucratic landmines.
—
Chicago Tribune,
Twin Cities,
26 Dec. 2025
This is handy because the AI will not hold back if the therapist insists that the AI be aboveboard and blunt.
—
Lance Eliot,
Forbes.com,
19 Sep. 2025
This means that when AI gives you an answer that the AI portrays for example as fully aboveboard and hunky-dory, the reality is that the response is bound to be a lot shakier than you are being led to believe.
—
Lance Eliot,
Forbes,
5 Nov. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for aboveboard
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Refine a portfolio piece, build a small prototype, or share a draft with someone who gives honest notes.
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County officials have repeatedly warned that fraudulent claims take money away from public services and shift the tax burden to honest taxpayers.
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Andrews, a lifelong resident of Red Hook Houses West, said the community has waited long enough for a reliable pool.
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No reliable figures are available for battlefield casualties in the war.
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When a user, expecting to install a trustworthy clipboard manager, encounters the disk image, they’re prompted to press Command-R immediately after double-clicking it.
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The New Playbook For Effective, Trustworthy AI GenAI decisions that are hallucination-free and fully auditable are the key to AI that is trustworthy and can pass regulatory scrutiny.
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Like its patrons’ routines, The Silver Skillet is dependable.
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The dependable measure of how much invasive disease has grown is the 60 percent that blood shows, not the headline doubling.
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“Aboveboard.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/aboveboard. Accessed 7 Jul. 2026.
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