blank check

Example Sentences

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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 • Mar. 10, 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

However bad you might imagine the vocal stylings of an amateur recording artist with a blank check and an inflated sense of her own talent could be, Lara is worse.

From Slate • Jan. 20, 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