blank check

Example Sentences

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The quantum computing company went public on Friday through a merger with a publicly traded blank check company.

From Barron's • Mar. 31, 2026

“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

“A state of war is not a blank check for the President,” said Justice Sandra Day O’Connor in 2004.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 28, 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

With four other kids to think about, there wasn’t going to be a blank check from my parents for my college tuition.

From "Proud" by Ibtihaj Muhammad