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Which of the following phrases containing carte means "blank check"?

carte

[kahrt, kart] / kɑrt, kart /
NOUN
bill of fare
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The law seeks to prevent situations whereby defenders have carte blanche to foul attackers, just because the opponent is offside.

From BBC ● Nov. 7, 2026

In many cases, they are adding the new, cheaper models alongside OpenAI and Anthropic’s products, shopping a la carte for their artificial intelligence.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 25, 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

While the broad move toward cord cutting and a la carte programming has put significant pressure on pay-TV providers, it has also created a plethora of unforeseen problems for streaming services.

From MarketWatch ● May 28, 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

One scholar of feline memology notes that in the 1870s, photographs of cats were put on cutesy cartes de visite.

From Slate ● Apr. 5, 2013

Yet he also adorned many of them with elaborate hand-drawn frames, a devotional touch that evokes cartes de visites and other early, personal forms of photography.

From New York Times ● Feb. 11, 2010

These cartes lap over somewhat into Germany, Belgium, Italy, and Spain, and are very good.

From The Automobilist Abroad by M. F. (Milburg Francisco) Mansfield

Himself an excellent swordsman, he luxuriates and excels in the description of points and parries, cartes and tierces, and of the vigorous estocades which his heroes administer to each other.

From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 57, No. 351, January 1845 by Various

I find in the cartes great diversion, but by your leave I’ll first unloose your man Watkins.”

From A Daughter of Raasay A Tale of the '45 by Stuart Travis


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