blank check
noun
1
: a signed check with the amount unspecified
2
: complete freedom of action or control : carte blanche
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With Boogie Nights a huge hit and a Best Picture nominee, Paul Thomas Anderson gets a blank check from Hollywood.
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Joe Reid, Vulture, 13 Mar. 2026
But this would constitute a blank check for a foreign war.
—Charlie Hunt, The Conversation, 11 Mar. 2026
The blank check would be wrong in any case, but with no reimbursement forthcoming, the House should stand fast behind the draft bill’s reasonable proposal for extending the trust fund.
—Orlando Sentinel, The Orlando Sentinel, 18 Feb. 2026
The blank check would be wrong in any case, but with no reimbursement forthcoming, the House should stand fast behind the draft bill’s reasonable proposal for extending the trust fund.
—Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 16 Feb. 2026
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Joe Reid, Vulture, 13 Mar. 2026
But this would constitute a blank check for a foreign war.
—Charlie Hunt, The Conversation, 11 Mar. 2026
The blank check would be wrong in any case, but with no reimbursement forthcoming, the House should stand fast behind the draft bill’s reasonable proposal for extending the trust fund.
—Orlando Sentinel, The Orlando Sentinel, 18 Feb. 2026
The blank check would be wrong in any case, but with no reimbursement forthcoming, the House should stand fast behind the draft bill’s reasonable proposal for extending the trust fund.
—Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 16 Feb. 2026
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“Blank check.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/blank%20check. Accessed 15 Mar. 2026.
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