carte blanche
Example Sentences
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He has given the military carte blanche to manage the border conflict as it sees fit.
From BBC
"The fact that staff are also personal account holders doesn't give the bank carte blanche to do what it wants," he told the newspaper, which first reported the story.
From BBC
Her solicitors, Leigh Day, had argued that a lack of insurance and "unspecified" concerns about staff safety do not provide universities carte blanche to restrict freedoms.
From BBC
Saban said she doesn't want the study "to be taken as giving people a carte blanche" to suggest that human activity does not present a significant and urgent threat to many species.
From Science Daily
Outside of that, I was given carte blanche and I could just play.
From Los Angeles Times
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