carte
Example Sentences
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Diners can choose between two omakase menus, with optional nigiri add-ons, late-night alternatives and à la carte selections.
From Salon • Mar. 7, 2026
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 • Feb. 16, 2026
Our A.I. future probably won’t be à la carte, and for now we’ve already ordered the whole thing.
From Slate • Feb. 10, 2026
The decades-old agreement, updated in 2004, already essentially gives Washington carte blanche to ramp up its troop deployments provided it informs the authorities in Denmark and Greenland in advance.
From Barron's • Jan. 22, 2026
Thus he could fall asleep that night untroubled by the nightmare that he had given Crick carte blanche for another foray into frenzied inconsiderateness.
From "Double Helix" by James D. Watson
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