as in free hand
permission to do something in any way you choose to do it
We gave the decorator carte blanche to furnish the house.
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Americans are far from willing to give Mr. Trump carte blanche.
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Jeremy W. Peters, New York Times, 18 Jan. 2025
But that does not accord the president carte blanche.
—The Editors, National Review, 22 Jan. 2025
Yonezawa has carte blanche, and her resulting artwork is to be unveiled some time later this year.
—Miles Socha, WWD, 10 Jan. 2025
And if this deal falls apart—as all previous proposals have—there is a very plausible scenario where all this begins with Benjamin Netanyahu receiving carte blanche to minimize humanitarian aid allowed into Gaza and ratcheting up the war.
—John Mac Ghlionn, Newsweek, 14 Jan. 2025
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Jeremy W. Peters, New York Times, 18 Jan. 2025
But that does not accord the president carte blanche.
—The Editors, National Review, 22 Jan. 2025
Yonezawa has carte blanche, and her resulting artwork is to be unveiled some time later this year.
—Miles Socha, WWD, 10 Jan. 2025
And if this deal falls apart—as all previous proposals have—there is a very plausible scenario where all this begins with Benjamin Netanyahu receiving carte blanche to minimize humanitarian aid allowed into Gaza and ratcheting up the war.
—John Mac Ghlionn, Newsweek, 14 Jan. 2025
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“Carte blanche.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/carte%20blanche. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.
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