blank check

Example Sentences

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“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, Bessent would be doing Argentina no favor by writing it a blank check to support an overvalued exchange rate.

From Barron's • Oct. 17, 2025

Lee also said he gave Englander a blank check with the understanding that Englander would reimburse Wang, who had comped Lee’s room.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 12, 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

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