carte blanche

Examples of carte blanche in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Were you given carte blanche and just told to find the best person? Jenelle Riley, Variety, 16 Aug. 2024 That provision, critics assert, handed thieves a de facto carte blanche to plunder beleaguered retail outlets with near impunity. Rebecca Rosenberg, Fox News, 23 July 2024 But a Donald Trump who takes office on Jan. 20, 2025, will read it as carte blanche. Philip Bump, Washington Post, 1 July 2024 Wrangel Island had no predators—including humans—and no other grazing animals, which gave the woolly mammoths carte blanche to munch and reproduce freely. Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 28 June 2024 See all Example Sentences for carte blanche 

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“Carte blanche.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/carte%20blanche. Accessed 5 Nov. 2024.

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