blank check
noun
1
: a signed check with the amount unspecified
2
: complete freedom of action or control : carte blanche
Examples of blank check in a Sentence
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With their first album climbing the charts and the record company upping the recording session’s budget with a blank check, the stakes rise considerably along with the tensions of the group amid its shifting dynamics.
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Frank Rizzo, Variety, 20 Apr. 2024
An 18-year-old and 20-year-old face charges of second-degree burglary, having blank checks with the intent to defraud and conspiracy, according to arrest logs.
—Ishani Desai, Sacramento Bee, 2 Apr. 2024
My view is that a partnership needs to be a two-way street, not a one-way blank check with American taxpayer dollars.
—ABC News, 31 Mar. 2024
Digital World is a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC), also called a blank check company.
—Jessica Guynn, USA TODAY, 25 Mar. 2024
In the absence of a major overhaul of existing security forces, giving the same forces that operated with impunity a blank check to put the house in order invites disaster.
—Gustavo Flores-Macías, Foreign Affairs, 20 Mar. 2024
Of course, Paramount didn’t reveal the budget either, although Chazelle presumably won’t get the same blank check to fund the upcoming movie.
—Rebecca Rubin, Variety, 11 Apr. 2024
The company merged with Digital World Acquisition Corp., a blank check company formed in 2020.
—Jason Ma, Fortune, 2 Apr. 2024
And just providing a blank check, providing more bombs without getting assurances now about Rafah and not making this humanitarian disaster even worse and doing simple things right now to help people who are starving to death in Gaza, those seem to be simple request.
—ABC News, 31 Mar. 2024
Frank Rizzo, Variety, 20 Apr. 2024
An 18-year-old and 20-year-old face charges of second-degree burglary, having blank checks with the intent to defraud and conspiracy, according to arrest logs.
—Ishani Desai, Sacramento Bee, 2 Apr. 2024
My view is that a partnership needs to be a two-way street, not a one-way blank check with American taxpayer dollars.
—ABC News, 31 Mar. 2024
Digital World is a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC), also called a blank check company.
—Jessica Guynn, USA TODAY, 25 Mar. 2024
In the absence of a major overhaul of existing security forces, giving the same forces that operated with impunity a blank check to put the house in order invites disaster.
—Gustavo Flores-Macías, Foreign Affairs, 20 Mar. 2024
Of course, Paramount didn’t reveal the budget either, although Chazelle presumably won’t get the same blank check to fund the upcoming movie.
—Rebecca Rubin, Variety, 11 Apr. 2024
The company merged with Digital World Acquisition Corp., a blank check company formed in 2020.
—Jason Ma, Fortune, 2 Apr. 2024
And just providing a blank check, providing more bombs without getting assurances now about Rafah and not making this humanitarian disaster even worse and doing simple things right now to help people who are starving to death in Gaza, those seem to be simple request.
—ABC News, 31 Mar. 2024
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“Blank check.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/blank%20check. Accessed 28 Apr. 2024.
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