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as in organization
a group of persons formally joined together for some common interest
a proposal that is likely to meet with strong opposition from the local board of undertakers
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as in table
a leg-mounted piece of furniture with a broad flat top designed for the serving of food
in preparation for the governor's visit, the taverner arranged an array of fancy dishes and silverware on the inn's finest board
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as in to feed
to provide food or meals for
housed and boarded many foster children over the years
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as in to house
to provide with living quarters or shelter
boarded the stray cat until a permanent home could be found
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Recent Examples of board
Kathryn Romeyn, HollywoodReporter, 22 Apr. 2025
Texas Education Agency's Work Based Learning Continuum includes descriptions of the roles of providers, K-12 schools, colleges, workforce boards, and other community organizations.
—Bruno V. Manno, Forbes.com, 21 Apr. 2025
Brett Samuels, The Hill, 16 Apr. 2025
Svetlana Dali is accused of boarding an overnight Delta flight from John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York City on Nov. 26 and traveling to Paris-Charles de Gaulle Airport in France without having a ticket.
—Jared Kofsky, ABC News, 16 Apr. 2025
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Noun
Santa Cruz says seven billionaires are already on board.
—Kathryn Romeyn, HollywoodReporter, 22 Apr. 2025
Texas Education Agency's Work Based Learning Continuum includes descriptions of the roles of providers, K-12 schools, colleges, workforce boards, and other community organizations.
—Bruno V. Manno, Forbes.com, 21 Apr. 2025
Verb
When Trump boarded Air Force One to fly to Palm Beach, Musk was there.
—Brett Samuels, The Hill, 16 Apr. 2025
Svetlana Dali is accused of boarding an overnight Delta flight from John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York City on Nov. 26 and traveling to Paris-Charles de Gaulle Airport in France without having a ticket.
—Jared Kofsky, ABC News, 16 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for board
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Reality Check is a Bee series holding officials and organizations accountable and shining a light on their decisions.—
Kate Wolffe,
Sacbee.com,
17 Apr. 2025
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Endowments are managed in a way that those organizations can rely on them for support in the here-and-now, but also far into the foreseeable future.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
MSNBC Newsweek,
17 Apr. 2025
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Jackson sat down at the table with the other candidates after moderator Pastor Michael Bell asked a question about the process for hiring Fort Worth’s next police chief after current Chief Neil Noakes retires.—
Harrison Mantas,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
15 Apr. 2025
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For the week as a whole, all four indexes were positive, led by the tech heavy Nasdaq as shown in the third column of the table.—
Robert Barone,
Forbes.com,
15 Apr. 2025
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Devon Toews’ net-crashing chip-in of a Josh Manson feed at 12:56 of the third period sealed things for the Avs at 3-1 and sucked the life out of a raucous American Airlines Center after Dallas drew within one on Roope Hintz’s power-play goal at 6:45 of the third.—
Mark Lazerus,
New York Times,
20 Apr. 2025
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Miami, after a 37-45 NBA regular season wrought with chaos and controversy, hijacked by the Jimmy Butler drama and trade, has fed its fans late cause to hope, at least, if not quite believe yet.—
Greg Cote,
Miami Herald,
19 Apr. 2025
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The rear compartment houses the power cable, two cleaning pads, and the safety cord.—
PC Magazine,
PC Magazine,
19 Apr. 2025
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Consider this compact case that’s ready to house your passport.—
Isis Briones,
Travel + Leisure,
19 Apr. 2025
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Brick Oliver, representing the homeowners association for the Cadence at Bainbridge, the development’s 55 and over community, said Thursday that 98% of respondents to the association’s survey opposed the In-N-Out.—
Rose Evans,
Idaho Statesman,
19 Apr. 2025
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But for Rodgers – who ran his best time in the two-mile his senior year at Wesleyan then stopped running – the association would pay off down the road.—
Lori Riley,
Hartford Courant,
19 Apr. 2025
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Basically, the instructions are: Step one, plug it in; Step two, turn it on; Step three, there is no step three because the whole thing provisions itself over the cloud.—
Megan Poinski,
Forbes.com,
3 Apr. 2025
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The Enterprise plan is $3.99 per user per month and adds security dashboard access, access recovery, vault sharing, free family plans for all users, custom branding options, and automatic user provisioning via SCIM from brands such as Azure AD and Okta.—
PC Magazine,
PC Magazine,
31 Mar. 2025
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Imagine going on the road and not being able to stay in the same place as your co-workers, but being forced to room with someone across town.—
Houston Mitchell,
Los Angeles Times,
15 Apr. 2025
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But, when it’s approached with clarity, care and mutual understanding, space can actually strengthen the relationship — offering both individuals room to self-regulate while maintaining a sense of connection.—
Mark Travers,
Forbes.com,
8 Apr. 2025
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After pushback from the university — the institute’s projects included work to reduce health care disparities between rural and urban areas — the NIH restored its grant March 29.—
Rae Ellen Bichell and Rachana Pradhan,
Miami Herald,
20 Apr. 2025
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After pushback from the university — the institute's projects included work to reduce health care disparities between rural and urban areas — the NIH restored its grant March 29.—
Rae Ellen Bichell and Rachana Pradhan,
CBS News,
17 Apr. 2025
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“Board.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/board. Accessed 29 Apr. 2025.
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