blank check

Example Sentences

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Friday’s move represented an 18% jump from the stock’s previous closing price, after Xanadu went public through a business combination with a publicly traded blank check company.

From Barron's • Mar. 30, 2026

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 • Mar. 11, 2026

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

The clerk, apparently, was not of that opinion, for he produced a blank check, and when Dick made it out for eighty dollars more than the bill totaled, instantly paid over the difference in cash.

From "In Cold Blood" by Truman Capote