carte blanche

Examples of carte blanche in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web 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 Following a mob that is devoid of any critical thinking is giving carte blanche to the very politicians that are bent on eliminating the essence of our Constitution and Bill of Rights. Letters To The Editor, Hartford Courant, 5 June 2024 For it, the designer, who crafted France’s Olympic uniforms, was given carte blanche to work with the house’s ateliers. Lily Templeton, WWD, 3 Sep. 2019 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 13 Oct. 2024.

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