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

Why would any artistic director give this guy carte blanche to reopen a theater?

From Los Angeles Times

“Never have we given a carte blanche so vast to an artist.”

From New York Times

The president’s death, along with the armed forces chief, gave Mr. Bagosora carte blanche to take charge of the military and effectively the government.

From Washington Post

Being commander in chief is not carte blanche to order the mass murder of millions, nor even the individual murder of one person.

From Washington Post