free hand
Example Sentences
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Investors shouldn’t draw their lessons from the relatively free hand government allowed today’s internet giants, from Google and Facebook to Amazon and Netflix, which began as startups and grew into titans of the global economy.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 22, 2026
"So I had a free hand to launch reforms, as long as Spain's unity was not endangered."
From Barron's ● Nov. 5, 2025
In the prior regime, Sheridan had been given a free hand creatively and on spending, which Ellison and his new executive team had reportedly signaled might not continue in the same way.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 29, 2025
The commission must approve exception appointments at the most senior grade, but below this level departments have a free hand to recruit.
From BBC ● Nov. 20, 2024
With his free hand, he’s eating a blueberry muffin, and he’s eating it the way he always eats his muffins, first the stump, then the top.
From "A High Five for Glenn Burke" by Phil Bildner
