blank check
noun
1
: a signed check with the amount unspecified
2
: complete freedom of action or control : carte blanche
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Busby stole more than $775 using the victim’s credit cards and a blank check, the district attorney’s office said.
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Amy McDaniel, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 16 Dec. 2025
While endowments don’t serve as a blank check, schools can still pull from them in times of need.
—Todd L. Pittinsky, The Conversation, 11 Dec. 2025
After Oppenheimer, Christopher Nolan has an epic blank check.
—Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 14 Nov. 2025
There’s a lesson to be learned within all of this for any filmmaker with big ideas who isn’t quite breathing the rarified air of A-list directors with blank checks.
—Christian Zilko, IndieWire, 7 Nov. 2025
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Amy McDaniel, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 16 Dec. 2025
While endowments don’t serve as a blank check, schools can still pull from them in times of need.
—Todd L. Pittinsky, The Conversation, 11 Dec. 2025
After Oppenheimer, Christopher Nolan has an epic blank check.
—Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 14 Nov. 2025
There’s a lesson to be learned within all of this for any filmmaker with big ideas who isn’t quite breathing the rarified air of A-list directors with blank checks.
—Christian Zilko, IndieWire, 7 Nov. 2025
See All Example Sentences for blank check
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“Blank check.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/blank%20check. Accessed 20 Dec. 2025.
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