blank check
noun
1
: a signed check with the amount unspecified
2
: complete freedom of action or control : carte blanche
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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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Natasha Frost, New York Times, 1 May 2025
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.
—Mark Weinstein, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 Apr. 2025
Here's why The company is a blank check company formed for the purpose of effecting a merger, capital stock exchange, asset acquisition, stock purchase, reorganization, or similar business combination with one or more businesses.
—Quartz Intelligence Newsroom, Quartz, 3 Apr. 2025
Bustamante-Leiva is accused of nabbing Noem’s luxury Gucci bag containing around $3,000 cash as well as her driver’s license, passport, medication, makeup bag, blank checks, DHS badge, apartment keys and a Louis Vuitton Clemence wallet.
—Michael Dorgan, FOXNews.com, 29 Apr. 2025
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Natasha Frost, New York Times, 1 May 2025
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.
—Mark Weinstein, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 Apr. 2025
Here's why The company is a blank check company formed for the purpose of effecting a merger, capital stock exchange, asset acquisition, stock purchase, reorganization, or similar business combination with one or more businesses.
—Quartz Intelligence Newsroom, Quartz, 3 Apr. 2025
Bustamante-Leiva is accused of nabbing Noem’s luxury Gucci bag containing around $3,000 cash as well as her driver’s license, passport, medication, makeup bag, blank checks, DHS badge, apartment keys and a Louis Vuitton Clemence wallet.
—Michael Dorgan, FOXNews.com, 29 Apr. 2025
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“Blank check.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/blank%20check. Accessed 21 May. 2025.
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