blank check
noun
1
: a signed check with the amount unspecified
2
: complete freedom of action or control : carte blanche
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McLaughlin told NewsNation that Noem’s purse contained $3,000 in cash and blank checks.
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Sudiksha Kochi, USA Today, 22 Apr. 2025
Secretary Kristi Noem’s purse was stolen from a restaurant in downtown D.C. on Sunday night — which apparently included $3,000 in cash, blank checks and a DHS access badge.
—Emily Brooks, The Hill, 22 Apr. 2025
The bag also contained Noem’s passport, makeup, blank checks, her driver’s license, keys and medication, according to CNN, which first reported the theft.
—Erin Doherty, CNBC, 21 Apr. 2025
The deciding factor for Guerrero was essentially a blank check offered via extension ahead of his final year of arbitration, a treatment only several players in recent history have received.
—Tyler Small, Forbes.com, 11 Apr. 2025
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Sudiksha Kochi, USA Today, 22 Apr. 2025
Secretary Kristi Noem’s purse was stolen from a restaurant in downtown D.C. on Sunday night — which apparently included $3,000 in cash, blank checks and a DHS access badge.
—Emily Brooks, The Hill, 22 Apr. 2025
The bag also contained Noem’s passport, makeup, blank checks, her driver’s license, keys and medication, according to CNN, which first reported the theft.
—Erin Doherty, CNBC, 21 Apr. 2025
The deciding factor for Guerrero was essentially a blank check offered via extension ahead of his final year of arbitration, a treatment only several players in recent history have received.
—Tyler Small, Forbes.com, 11 Apr. 2025
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“Blank check.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/blank%20check. Accessed 3 May. 2025.
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