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

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

I’d get a scrap of paper from my purse, the back of a receipt or a blank check to write on.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 11, 2025

“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

I bought with my blank check enough clothes to fill the backseat of the Cadillac.

From "The Help" by Kathryn Stockett