carte

Example Sentences

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Airlines have been fine-tuning a la carte pricing strategies to take advantage of demand for premium perks.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jul. 8, 2026

Such emotional familiarity ensures that even a quick dinner over sandwiches in the park can provide us with conversational carte blanche, a space to decompress and demystify without judgment.

From Salon • Jul. 5, 2026

Immigration agents, I noted, were acting as though they had carte blanche to detain people suspected of being in the U.S. illegally, conducting raids that sometimes swept up American citizens.

From Los Angeles Times • May 27, 2026

If a specific low-value item is what you actually want, experts suggest ordering it a la carte and reserving your “endless” capacity for the more expensive stuff.

From MarketWatch • May 14, 2026

We don’t think she’ll tell them the name on the forged Katharina Habicht carte d’identité.

From "Code Name Verity" by Elizabeth Wein