carte blanche

Example Sentences

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"The fact that staff are also personal account holders doesn't give the bank carte blanche to do what it wants," he told the newspaper, which first reported the story.

From BBC

Her solicitors, Leigh Day, had argued that a lack of insurance and "unspecified" concerns about staff safety do not provide universities carte blanche to restrict freedoms.

From BBC

Saban said she doesn't want the study "to be taken as giving people a carte blanche" to suggest that human activity does not present a significant and urgent threat to many species.

From Science Daily

Though the Supreme Court has upheld limits on the size of contributions, government doesn’t have carte blanche to stifle political donations.

From The Wall Street Journal

Some of the loudest voices in public life now assert that their donations give them carte blanche to dictate the terms of belonging.

From The Wall Street Journal