carte blanche
Example Sentences
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Recently, she was given carte blanche to plan a proposal for a client during his upcoming trip to Italy.
From Washington Post
Stanovaya argued that Gerasimov could have asked for “carte blanche in the heat of verbal battles against the background of some very tense discussions.”
From Seattle Times
“But I just don’t think it’s a carte blanche. I think we should do our best job so if we get surprised, we can actually explain why we missed it.”
From New York Times
“It gives them carte blanche to build wherever they want and puts no brakes on development.”
From Washington Post
Common Cause, the elections watchdog group Mr. Katyal is representing in the case, said if the GOP lawmakers prevail it would give assemblies carte blanche to dictate how elections play out.
From Washington Times
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