blank check

Example Sentences

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Unlike the fixed prices that most states use to cap costs, Indiana’s approach became a kind of blank check and therapy providers flooded in to take advantage of the generous reimbursements.

From The Wall Street Journal

Xanadu said in November that it planned to merge with Crane Harbor Acquisition Corp., a publicly traded blank check company, in order to officially enter the public market.

From Barron's

“That doesn’t mean that it’s just a blank check, you know, no regulatory oversight of large-scale consolidation,” he says on a call with analysts.

From The Wall Street Journal

On Friday, the bank’s lawyer said the duo were essentially treating the legal bill order as a “blank check.”

From The Wall Street Journal

I’d get a scrap of paper from my purse, the back of a receipt or a blank check to write on.

From The Wall Street Journal