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boards

  • plural
    of board.
    board
    noun
    a piece of wood sawed thin, and of considerable length and breadth compared with the thickness.
  • present tense form
    of board (3rd person singular).
    board
    noun
    a piece of wood sawed thin, and of considerable length and breadth compared with the thickness.

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Despite pressure on companies to deliver returns on their AI spending, boards aren’t exactly ramping up their expertise in this area.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 3, 2026

To all USC administrators, donors and Trojans family: If your head coach finishes a football game at the collegiate level with negative rushing yards, he should be fired before the plane boards!

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 31, 2026

"Behind these boards, there is neither power nor an enemy. Just a family and its work," read a message scrawled in black across the plywood protecting a Paris business.

From Barron's ● Oct. 31, 2026

But in need of a boost to his finances, Stewart signed a six-year contract, firmly believing the show wouldn't last and he'd be back on the boards before long.

From BBC ● Oct. 29, 2026

By nightfall the boards lifted each time she rocked back and then cracked down as she came forward.

From "Rump: The (Fairly) True Story of Rumpelstilskin" by Liesl Shurtliff