How to Use checks and balances in a Sentence
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At this point, the key is to be clear about your checks and balances.
—Cate Huston, Quartz at Work, 24 Nov. 2020
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But despite the checks and balances, the ground reality sometimes falls short.
—Ananya Bhattacharya, Quartz India, 22 Feb. 2021
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The essay is mostly a celebration of the system of checks and balances.
—Cass R. Sunstein Bloomberg Opinion (tns), Star Tribune, 6 Nov. 2020
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People in powerful positions need checks and balances to be great leaders.
—Sherrie Suski, Forbes, 1 Mar. 2021
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But lawmakers say these bills would provide needed checks and balances to DeWine's power.
—Anna Staver, The Enquirer, 30 Nov. 2020
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Fuentes also opposed the Constitution’s checks and balances, which had enabled Biden to prevail.
—Luke Mogelson, The New Yorker, 15 Jan. 2021
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Lawmakers frame the issue as one of checks and balances, arguing that governors gained too much authority over too many aspects of people’s lives.
—New York Times, 22 Feb. 2021
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With Bukele's allies on the verge of controlling all three branches of government, many fear that El Salvador's system of checks and balances could be in danger.
—Marcos AlemÁn, Star Tribune, 12 Mar. 2021
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So, where are the checks and balances on the part of the Academy?
—Clayton Davis, Variety, 20 Sep. 2021
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There are only the checks and balances of the creators’ own ethics, and the roar of the comment section.
—Jenny Singer, Glamour, 25 Jan. 2022
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But Rambis said the program needs more checks and balances.
—Natalia Jaramillo, Orlando Sentinel, 24 July 2024
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In many countries in Africa, there are few checks and balances on the power of the military.
—Zachariah Mushawatu, The Christian Science Monitor, 3 Apr. 2024
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In public life, there’s going to be checks and balances, and oversight, and the role of media.
—Eric Lach, The New Yorker, 20 Feb. 2022
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At the same time, the checks and balances remain in place to ensure the integrity of our election.
—Anchorage Daily News, 17 Mar. 2022
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There are a lot of checks and balances to make sure that cases that can’t hold up will never get to a jury.
—Elizabeth Wagmeister, Variety, 11 Nov. 2022
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That also adds checks and balances because lenders want to make sure homes appraise for the value of the loan.
—K.b. Mensah, The Indianapolis Star, 26 June 2021
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Confidence and safety in the right checks and balances.
—Forrester, Forbes, 20 Sep. 2021
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The process was supposed to run through several checks and balances.
—New York Times, 13 Nov. 2021
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But there are checks and balances between power cliques within the state.
—Guney Yildiz, Forbes, 24 May 2021
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John’s dad believes in checks and balances, a separate coach and GM.
—Nick Canepacolumnist, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Jan. 2023
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These checks and balances led to better decisions and less risk.
—Time, 11 Aug. 2023
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Still, humans make mistakes, even with checks and balances.
—Matt Benoit, Discover Magazine, 19 Jan. 2024
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There should be checks and balances between the branches of government, which are meant to share power.
—Zachary B. Wolf, CNN, 20 Oct. 2021
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Critics say the legislation will erode the system of checks and balances.
—Isabel Debre, Chicago Tribune, 25 July 2023
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There are many checks and balances to verify our answers.
—Letters To The Editor, The Mercury News, 19 July 2024
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Employees need to feel empowered to do the job that they were hired to do, through training, support, and checks and balances.
—Melanie Fine, Forbes, 1 July 2022
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And, thankfully, our founders created a system that has a lot of checks and balances.
—Nbc Universal, NBC News, 3 Mar. 2024
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But is there a value in having the checks and balances of band members who disagree and can help calm you when emotions and inflamed?
—Steve Baltin, Forbes, 27 Apr. 2021
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By the time Pollick got there, the board consisted of about 70 seats — far too many, Coleman says, for the sort of checks and balances to prevent what happened next.
—al, 25 Jan. 2023
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To date, our system of checks and balances has worked to protect the system of government the founders bequeathed to the American people.
—Chris Roemer, Baltimore Sun, 21 July 2024
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