blank check
noun
1
: a signed check with the amount unspecified
2
: complete freedom of action or control : carte blanche
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Despite subzero temperatures, the day saw between 50,000 and 100,000 people hit the streets to demand justice for Renee Good, a 37-year-old woman murdered by an ICE agent on January 7th, and to call on Congress to stop writing blank checks to fund ICE.
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Still, Harbaugh and general manager Joe Schoen won’t have the same blank check as the Patriots to bolster the roster.
—Dan Duggan, New York Times, 30 Jan. 2026
Investigators claim that the daughter of the unidentified octogenarian trusted Guarino with blank checks meant to be used to pay herself and the other caretakers, as well as cover her disabled mother’s expenses.
—Brian Niemietz, New York Daily News, 21 Jan. 2026
The business judgment rule is not a blank check justifying every HOA action.
—Kelly G. Richardson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Jan. 2026
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Literary Hub, 31 Jan. 2026
Still, Harbaugh and general manager Joe Schoen won’t have the same blank check as the Patriots to bolster the roster.
—Dan Duggan, New York Times, 30 Jan. 2026
Investigators claim that the daughter of the unidentified octogenarian trusted Guarino with blank checks meant to be used to pay herself and the other caretakers, as well as cover her disabled mother’s expenses.
—Brian Niemietz, New York Daily News, 21 Jan. 2026
The business judgment rule is not a blank check justifying every HOA action.
—Kelly G. Richardson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Jan. 2026
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“Blank check.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/blank%20check. Accessed 13 Feb. 2026.
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