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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
Hope Moses, Chicago Tribune, 10 Jan. 2026
Everybody was on board with that.
—Jeff Zrebiec, New York Times, 10 Jan. 2026
Borys Kit, HollywoodReporter, 9 Jan. 2026
The Coast Guard initially attempted to board the Marinera in December; however, the crew refused requests made by the agency.
—Michelle Del Rey, USA Today, 8 Jan. 2026
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The state board must also include guidance on the impact AI systems and applications could have on student data privacy, including providing best practices for teaching students about responsible and ethical AI use.
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Soon after their first script got into the Sundance Feature Lab, they were discovered by fellow screenwriter Nicole Perlman (Guardians of the Galaxy), who recommended them to KPop Demon Hunters co-writer and co-director Maggie Kang to board that feature.
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Hannah Natanson, who covers the federal government, was at home when the FBI searched the property and her devices, seizing a phone, Garmin watch and both a personal and work laptop, according to the news organization.—
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This puffy tote features tons of interior pockets for easy organization, a water-resistant exterior, and weighs under a pound.—
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At the awards show, Penn was spotted smoking indoors while sitting at a table with costar Leonardo DiCaprio, among others.—
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This one, designed to be both traditional and minimalist, is ideal for your kitchen table and almost 50% off.—
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Their study suggests that slow, orderly streams of cool gas already inside the galaxy—or delivered by interactions with nearby galaxies—may be quietly feeding central black holes, allowing those black holes to gently shut down star formation without blowing the galaxy apart.—
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In one scheme, prosecutors say dozens of scammers bilked more than $250 million from a federal program meant to feed hungry children in what has been described as the largest pandemic-era fraud scheme in the country.—
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All those years of speeches are housed in one place, across the street from the Capitol, in the State Library and court building.—
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When manual driving is selected, the airbag housed within the steering wheel is used instead.—
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Advocacy groups and the various associations of government service providers who lobby the Legislature are likely to press lawmakers not to make reductions at the same time as the federal government.—
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At least one person was hurt during the parade, when wind gusts reached 30 mph, but is expected to be OK, the association's president previously told CBS News Philadelphia.—
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Fully Dedicated Bare Metal and Cloud-based Server Environments HostColor’s AI-ready Charlotte Dedicated Servers are single-tenant computing environments that can be provisioned on demand.—
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For example, the female carpenter bee provisions her nest with nectar and pollen, lays the eggs, and then the eggs hatch in late summer to fall.—
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Gifts were delivered room to room as patients looked on.—
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The directory shows that he was assigned to room 122 at the Barus and Holley engineering building.—
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Four other research centers — including the physics center, the chemistry center, the ecology center and the nuclear technology unit — were also affected when two missiles struck the institute.—
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Research institutes and private companies are looking to build computers using this approach that can help compute solutions to complex problems, such as drug research and even solving climate change.—
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“Board.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/board. Accessed 20 Jan. 2026.
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