artistic license

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But then we had artistic license to create looks in the style of what the queen wore at the time.

From New York Times • Feb. 2, 2024

“Is there artistic license? Sure. But the story comes through loud and clear — the atrocities that were committed and how society looked the other way. That is the key thing.”

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 26, 2023

Christopher Nolan’s movie mixes diligent research with artistic license.

From Slate • Jul. 19, 2023

I mean, you could do a biopic about somebody who lived a hundred years ago, but they're not around, so I'm sure you have a lot of artistic license to do whatever you want.

From Salon • Apr. 29, 2023

Poetic and artistic license allows a few slight exaggerations.

From The Madcap of the School by Salmon, Balliol