blank check
noun
1
: a signed check with the amount unspecified
2
: complete freedom of action or control : carte blanche
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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.
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That Pluribus takes space to linger on these moments speaks to the assuredness of a celebrated creator gifted a blank check.
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But Milei’s electoral mandate is not a blank check for his party’s agenda.
—María Victoria Murillo, Foreign Affairs, 7 Nov. 2025
But now, Gilligan has finally cashed in the blank check to which he’s been long entitled.
—Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 3 Nov. 2025
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Christian Zilko, IndieWire, 7 Nov. 2025
That Pluribus takes space to linger on these moments speaks to the assuredness of a celebrated creator gifted a blank check.
—Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 7 Nov. 2025
But Milei’s electoral mandate is not a blank check for his party’s agenda.
—María Victoria Murillo, Foreign Affairs, 7 Nov. 2025
But now, Gilligan has finally cashed in the blank check to which he’s been long entitled.
—Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 3 Nov. 2025
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“Blank check.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/blank%20check. Accessed 18 Nov. 2025.
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