blank check

Example Sentences

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But a merger with Ares Acquisition, a blank check company backed by the Los Angeles firm, was scuttled in October 2023 as investors cooled on special-purpose acquisition companies and became cautious on new issues.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 24, 2026

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

From Barron's • Mar. 31, 2026

But teams aren’t given a blank check, and the pain of balancing their budgets often falls heaviest on veterans like Yoshida.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 11, 2025

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

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