How to Use checks and balances in a Sentence
checks and balances
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There are no checks and balances on the board's tax decisions.
— Jonathan Messinger, Chicago Reader, 21 Dec. 2017 -
But in this vision, there is no room for checks and balances, or for dissent or protest, experts say.
— The Washington Post, NOLA.com, 27 Feb. 2018 -
But others note the checks and balances that would remain even if SB 1046 becomes law should have kicked in.
— Mary Jo Pitzl, azcentral, 10 Mar. 2018 -
The 40-year lease proposal includes assorted checks and balances.
— Genevieve Bookwalter, chicagotribune.com, 19 Mar. 2018 -
The system is designed to be fast, but to also incorporate at least some checks and balances to curb impulsive, push-button behavior.
— Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 3 Jan. 2018 -
This absurd claim is an extension of their relentless obsession to remove checks and balances within our government.
— Marina Johnson, The Courier-Journal, 5 Nov. 2024 -
It was criticized last year by state auditors as lacking fundamental checks and balances and quality control.
— Josh Kovner, courant.com, 2 Feb. 2018 -
As investigators comb through county contracts and emails, cleveland.com took a look at how the charter government, with its checks and balances, is supposed to award contracts and purchase goods.
— Karen Farkas, cleveland.com, 19 Mar. 2018 -
To counter free radicals, our bodies manufacture antioxidants — part of the checks and balances of biology.
— Jolene Edgar, Allure, 3 Nov. 2017 -
But the acclaim for Mr. Xi has unnerved Chinese people and foreign observers who fear hubris by a leader unrestrained by checks and balances.
— Chris Buckley, New York Times, 20 Mar. 2018 -
To start, businesses can build internal checks and balances, systems that encourage employees to report when harassment occurs.
— Robert Reed, chicagotribune.com, 15 Dec. 2017 -
First and foremost, the fact that one employee alone had the power to send an emergency message to more than a million people with no additional checks and balances was a disaster waiting to happen.
— Chas Danner, Daily Intelligencer, 15 Jan. 2018 -
At this point, the key is to be clear about your checks and balances.
— Cate Huston, Quartz at Work, 24 Nov. 2020 -
So, where are the checks and balances on the part of the Academy?
— Clayton Davis, Variety, 20 Sep. 2021 -
That way, each can serve as a check and balance against the others.
— Andy Staples, SI.com, 3 May 2018 -
That was the problem — there may have been no checks and balances.
— Erin Arvedlund, Philly.com, 22 Mar. 2018 -
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 -
At the very top of a volcano, there are supposed to be a bunch of checks and balances that hold back the heat and force.
— Evan Osnos, The New Yorker, 10 Mar. 2020 -
Critics say the new system amounts to one-man rule with few checks and balances.
— Fox News, 4 July 2018 -
Part of that is like having some metrics, and checks and balances.
— Recode Staff, Recode, 9 June 2018 -
This is not a company with rules and checks and balances.
— Kejal Vyas, WSJ, 14 Jan. 2019 -
Where are the checks and balances for which the Constitution is renowned?
— David Means, Harper's magazine, 25 Nov. 2019 -
But Rambis said the program needs more checks and balances.
— Natalia Jaramillo, Orlando Sentinel, 24 July 2024 -
Let there be a free flow of plastic waste with proper checks and balances.
— Surendra Patawari, Fortune, 13 June 2020 -
There should be a checks and balance within the state of emergency.
— Ann Norman, cleveland, 1 May 2020 -
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 is no check and balance, save, gratefully, for a judge.
— Joe Soucheray, Twin Cities, 8 June 2019 -
While there are many checks and balances in place to ensure the safety of America’s election process, there are a few ways candidates could contest the results.
— Chantelle Lee, TIME, 4 Nov. 2024
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