leave open

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A new system of post-Brexit border checks at Dover came into effect in April of this year, but critics have said they leave open the possibility of more illegal meat entering the UK.

From BBC • Oct. 25, 2024

Ballerina Farm opts out of all that because its creators can afford to, even as they leave open the question of whether this life is truly what its namesake creator wants.

From Salon • Jul. 31, 2024

That would leave open the possibility that the Fed’s prime lending rates stays at, or close to, 5.5 percent, the highest in decades, through the spring and summer house-buying season.

From New York Times • Apr. 12, 2024

When it comes to next season, McCarthy did leave open the possibility of returning even if coach Jim Harbaugh goes to the NFL and offensive coordinator Sherrone Moore was promoted.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 29, 2023

Nor would it have been wise to leave open to those who in the conflict of arms had lost their slaves, the temptation to besiege Congress and the Legislatures of their States for compensation.

From Twenty Years of Congress, Volume 2 From Lincoln to Garfield, with a Review of the Events Which Led to the Political Revolution of 1860 by Blaine, James Gillespie