How to Use checks and balances in a Sentence

checks and balances

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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
• But despite the checks and balances, the ground reality sometimes falls short.
  — Ananya Bhattacharya, Quartz India, 22 Feb. 2021
• The essay is mostly a celebration of the system of checks and balances.
  — Cass R. Sunstein Bloomberg Opinion (tns), Star Tribune, 6 Nov. 2020
• People in powerful positions need checks and balances to be great leaders.
  — Sherrie Suski, Forbes, 1 Mar. 2021
• But lawmakers say these bills would provide needed checks and balances to DeWine's power.
  — Anna Staver, The Enquirer, 30 Nov. 2020
• Fuentes also opposed the Constitution’s checks and balances, which had enabled Biden to prevail.
  — Luke Mogelson, The New Yorker, 15 Jan. 2021
• 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
• 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
• So, where are the checks and balances on the part of the Academy?
  — Clayton Davis, Variety, 20 Sep. 2021
• 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
• But Rambis said the program needs more checks and balances.
  — Natalia Jaramillo, Orlando Sentinel, 24 July 2024
• 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
• 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
• At the same time, the checks and balances remain in place to ensure the integrity of our election.
  — Anchorage Daily News, 17 Mar. 2022
• 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
• 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
• Confidence and safety in the right checks and balances.
  — Forrester, Forbes, 20 Sep. 2021
• The process was supposed to run through several checks and balances.
  — New York Times, 13 Nov. 2021
• But there are checks and balances between power cliques within the state.
  — Guney Yildiz, Forbes, 24 May 2021
• John’s dad believes in checks and balances, a separate coach and GM.
  — Nick Canepacolumnist, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Jan. 2023
• These checks and balances led to better decisions and less risk.
  — Time, 11 Aug. 2023
• Still, humans make mistakes, even with checks and balances.
  — Matt Benoit, Discover Magazine, 19 Jan. 2024
• There should be checks and balances between the branches of government, which are meant to share power.
  — Zachary B. Wolf, CNN, 20 Oct. 2021
• Critics say the legislation will erode the system of checks and balances.
  — Isabel Debre, Chicago Tribune, 25 July 2023
• There are many checks and balances to verify our answers.
  — Letters To The Editor, The Mercury News, 19 July 2024
• 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
• And, thankfully, our founders created a system that has a lot of checks and balances.
  — Nbc Universal, NBC News, 3 Mar. 2024
• 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
• 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
• 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

Last Updated: 12 Sep 2024