blank check
Example Sentences
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Given a blank check, Fennell brings the world of Brontë’s novel to life — not with staggering realism, as so many other adaptations have, but with fervent fantasy.
From Salon • Jun. 10, 2026
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
“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
When I came back she tore out a blank check and then handed me a hundred-dollar bill she had folded in the side of her wallet.
From "The Help" by Kathryn Stockett
