blank check

Example Sentences

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“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 • Jan. 16, 2026

However, Bessent would be doing Argentina no favor by writing it a blank check to support an overvalued exchange rate.

From Barron's • Oct. 17, 2025

And the other is that, as bad as things are right now, you’re just sort of handing him a blank check.

From Slate • Mar. 18, 2025

"There can’t be a blank check on this, however, because people want to make sure that as rebuilding occurs... that these sorts of things can’t happen again," he said.

From Salon • Jan. 12, 2025

I bought with my blank check enough clothes to fill the backseat of the Cadillac.

From "The Help" by Kathryn Stockett