a la carte
Example Sentences
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In Soviet days, Mr. Mian is told by a well-placed 35-year-old he meets, “Russians had very strict ideas about good and evil,” but in the 1990s, unfortunately, “everyone started to decide for themselves, à la carte,” what was right and wrong.
In these fast-moving, unpredictable times, Europe's leaders are increasingly turning to a la carte coalitions, alongside traditional organisations like Nato or the EU, which are larger and therefore often slower to react.
From BBC
Our A.I. future probably won’t be à la carte, and for now we’ve already ordered the whole thing.
From Slate
Spotify began selling audiobooks on an a la carte basis to U.S. users in September 2022; the following year it made 15 hours of audiobook listening available to premium subscribers in select countries every month.
While Williams-Sonoma offers a number of complete Thanksgiving dinners for delivery—including one featuring a Cajun-style fried turkey, and another with a honey-glazed ham—the kitchenware and gourmet-food retailer also offers dozens of à la carte offerings.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
