as in free hand
permission to do something in any way you choose to do it
We gave the decorator carte blanche to furnish the house.
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Recent Examples of carte blanche
To do this, Congress gave the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) carte blanche to raise revenue for the USF.
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Ron Estes, MSNBC Newsweek, 31 Mar. 2025
This is nothing less than carte blanche for Putin's genocidal imperialism.
—Kevin Sabet, Newsweek, 23 Mar. 2025
Barnes had carte blanche to experiment this year.
—Eric Koreen, New York Times, 9 Apr. 2025
To do this, Congress gave the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) carte blanche to raise revenue for the USF.
—Ron Estes, MSNBC Newsweek, 31 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for carte blanche
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And his objective for this Mideast trip – to do lots of deals – will clash with Israeli priorities, namely to employ a completely free hand against Hamas and to see Iran’s nuclear program dismantled.—
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Amid all that, the President boasted of Elon Musk's free hand to fire thousands of government workers in a speech to Congress that was rife with obfuscations and fabrications.—
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The agreement, which comes after months of fraught negotiations, is intended to give President Trump a personal stake in Ukraine’s fate while addressing his concerns that the U.S. has provided Kyiv with a blank check to try to withstand Russia’s invasion.—
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The purse contained the secretary's driver's license, prescription medication, apartment keys, passport, DHS access badge, makeup bag, blank checks and approximately $3,000 in cash.—
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“Carte blanche.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/carte%20blanche. Accessed 31 May. 2025.
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