with a (single) stroke of a/the/his/her pen

idiom

: by a single act of moving a pen when it is being used to write or sign something

—used figuratively

The President has the power to end this policy with a (single) stroke of a/the/his pen.

Examples of with a (single) stroke of a/the/his/her pen in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

And a Democratic president could overturn the edict with a stroke of the pen. —Editorial, Boston Herald, 24 May 2025

Even that law’s enforcement could be undercut with a stroke of the pen that would keep FDA inspectors out of the field, Zeller said. —Arthur Allen, CNN, 26 Feb. 2025

Here are some things to know about Trump’s promises: Trump can’t always act unilaterally The constitutional right to birthright citizenship, for example, cannot be ended with a stroke of his pen. —Calvin Woodward, Chicago Tribune, 16 Jan. 2025

That can just be brushed aside literally with a stroke of a pen. —Leah Feiger, WIRED, 6 Dec. 2024

All these things that President Biden did with the stroke of a pen, Trump can undo with a stroke of a pen, immediately. —NBC News, 1 Dec. 2024

Biden should recognize Palestine the same way President Harry Truman recognized the state of Israel in 1948, just 11 minutes after the nation’s self-creation: with a stroke of the pen. —Jonah Blank, Foreign Affairs, 27 Nov. 2024

The European Union has the power to eliminate the smuggling economy with a stroke of a pen. —Dimi Reider, Foreign Affairs, 16 Sep. 2015

Slashing through thousands of pages of red tape with a stroke of his pen, Shapiro focused solely on rebuilding as fast as possible and refused to let interest group politics or bureaucratic inertia slow things down. —Lindsay Lewis, The Mercury News, 24 May 2024